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UIT

AI Catalyst

AI Catalyst offers Stanford community members a structured pathway to develop customized AI solutions for research, teaching, administrative needs, and more.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
Google

Authenticated Google Gemini Chat

A basic AI chatbot powered by Google Gemini AI models that can answer questions, write content, summarize documents, and generate images but is not integrated into Google Workspace applications (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Slides).
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Microsoft

Authenticated Microsoft Copilot Chat

A more advanced AI chatbot that runs on Microsoft’s infrastructure. Provides chat style interactions and can generate text and images but is not integrated into Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Amazon

AWS Bedrock

Provides access to Amazon AI and other third-party AI models.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools
Amazon

AWS Q

A managed generative AI-powered chat assistant.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk
Use Cases
Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools
Amazon

AWS Sagemaker

A managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools
OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Provides access to Azure OpenAI and other third-party AI models.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools
Stanford Research Computing

Carina 2.0

Secure computing cluster supporting both batch and interactive workloads. Today best suited for inference and modest training runs but upgrades are planned to add more model training capabilities. Local models supported.
Available to
Staff, Faculty
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Large-Scale Computing
OpenAI

ChatGPT on AI Playground

An AI chat assistant that can answer questions, write and edit content, analyze documents, and help with code. Explore ChatGPT's range of models, from lightweight options for everyday tasks to advanced models for complex work, in the Stanford AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
OpenAI

ChatGPT through AI API Gateway

Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
Anthropic

Claude for Education

Claude for Education is an AI platform from Anthropic that enables Stanford users to access advanced AI tools for teaching, learning, research, and administrative work.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Postdocs
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Anthropic

Claude on AI Playground

An AI assistant that can write and edit content, analyze documents, assist with coding, and handle complex reasoning tasks. Explore Claude's range of models from efficient options for quick structured tasks to advanced models for long running tasks and advanced coding workflows in the Stanford AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Anthropic

Claude through AI API Gateway

Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
Cline

Cline through the AI API Gateway

An AI-powered coding assistant that integrates with local development environments like VS Code, to generate, modify, and execute code.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Coding Assistance
Deepseek

Deepseek on AI Playground

An AI assistant that excels at coding, technical reasoning, advanced math, and complex problem-solving. Available in several models in the Stanford AI Playground, DeepSeek has an "Open Thinking" feature that lets you see the model's reasoning in real-time as part of its response.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Deepseek

Deepseek through AI API Gateway

Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
Google

Gemini on AI Playground

An AI assistant strong in reasoning, coding, multilingual tasks, and multimodal analysis. Explore Gemini models in the Stanford AI Playground, from lightweight options for quick responses to Gemini 2.5 Pro, a model for deep research and complex web development.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Google

Gemini through AI API Gateway

Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
Microsoft

GitHub Copilot

An AI coding assistant that suggests code completions, functions, and documentation directly in the selected integrated development environment (IDE).
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Coding Assistance
Google

Google Docs and Slides

A built-in Google Docs and Slides feature that lets you type and edit documents, speaker notes, and captions using your voice. Compatible with the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, and Safari.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Transcription and Meeting Based
Google

Google Gemini Enterprise Pro

Upgraded tool for users with heavier research, productivity, or workflow needs. Provides higher usage limits and access to more powerful reasoning models for vast datasets at a discounted rate.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Google

Google Gemini Enterprise Standard

Gives you access to Google's latest AI models within the productivity tools you already use.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Google

Google NotebookLM

AI-powered research and note-taking tool that lets you upload documents and ask questions about them. Uses Google Gemini models to summarize content, extract insights, and generate new material.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Google

Google Vertex

Provides access to Google AI and other third-party AI models.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications, Developer and IaaS AI Tools
Grammarly

Grammarly

An AI writing assistant that integrates with browsers, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and other applications to help with grammar checking, style improvement, tone suggestions, and AI-generated text.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Meta

Llama-4 on AI Playground

An open-source AI assistant strong in writing, summarization, translation, and multilingual tasks. Explore Llama models in the Stanford AI Playground, from fast, lightweight options to more capable versions for creative tasks and research support across languages.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Meta

Llama-4 through AI API Gateway

Designed for Stanford community members who want to develop their own AI solution(s) using the models available in the AI Playground.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students, Affiliates
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Custom Applications
HAI, Stanford Research Computing

Marlowe

A large-scale, high-performance, GPU-based computational instrument built on NVIDIA DGX H100 Superpod architecture and designed to deliver cutting-edge computational performance. Optimized for large scale model training.
Available to
Staff, Faculty
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Large-Scale Computing
Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Copilot

A more powerful AI assistant (powered by OpenAI models) built directly into Microsoft 365 applications like Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams for increased functionality.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration, Transcription and Meeting Based
OpenAI

OpenAI ChatGPT Edu

ChatGPT Edu is a version of ChatGPT designed specifically for universities, enabling Stanford to apply AI-powered approaches responsibly across teaching, learning, and research.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Not yet approved
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
OpenAI

SHC-SoM Secure GPT

Stanford Medicine hosted platform that allows users to test out multiple AI models in a safe, Stanford Medicine supported environment.
Available to
School of Medicine
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI High Risk with PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Stanford Research Computing

Sherlock

A shared computing cluster providing access to a base set of managed computing resources, GPU-based servers, and a multi-petabyte, high-performance parallel filesystem for short-term storage. Suitable for model training. Numerous local models supported.
Available to
Staff, Faculty
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Large-Scale Computing
Slack

Slack AI Tools

Brings built-in AI features to Stanford's instance of Slack to summarize threads, surface answers, automate routine workflows, and more.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk High Risk with no PHI
Use Cases
Chat and Collaboration
Zoom

Zoom AI Companion

A native Zoom feature that boosts meeting productivity with AI-powered summaries, smart recordings, and the ability to answer questions during meetings.
Available to
Staff, Faculty, Students
Risk Category
Low Risk Moderate Risk
Use Cases
Transcription and Meeting Based