Copilot

You can access Copilot with  your LSE IT user account. Copilot is accessible via Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome and is available for both Windows and Mac users.  

 Copilot with Commercial Data Protection offers data privacy and security and is centrally supported at LSE. 

• Check your department’s policy on AI usage

By making Copilot available to you, LSE is not endorsing the unrestricted use of generative AI tools by students. You should always check your specific course and/or department policy on the use of generative AI tools. In addition to your department’s policy (which can be found in your Moodle course, under General Information), please refer to the School statement on Artificial Intelligence, Assessment and Academic Integrity.  

• Understand documentation requirements

When using Copilot, searches and prompts won’t be saved. If your department requires you to provide evidence on how Copilot has been used, as the chat history won't be saved, you are advised to copy your prompts and copy or export Copilot's outputs and save them. 

• Free access to GPT-4 Turbo and DALL-E 3 

• Anonymity - Search queries aren't linked to users or organizations  

• Encryption - Microsoft has no 'eyes-on' access to searches or prompts

• No LLM (Large Language Model) training – Microsoft doesn't retain prompts and responses, nor are they used to train the underlying large language model (GPT-4 Turbo)   

• Fewer Targeted Ads – advertising shown while logged in isn't targeted based on institutional identity or Copilot chat history. 

A new workshop Generative AI: Maximizing Benefits and Mitigating Risks using Copilot is available to help you learn more about how to use Copilot effectively. Book now to attend this two-hour workshop, available weekly and hosted by the Digital Skills Lab. 

In addition, the Moodle course Generative AI: Developing your AI literacy is designed to help with developing skills in generative AI literacy, including the use of Copilot. 

Find advice on citing generative AI tools in your assessed work here. 

Read the Data Science Institute's guidance on the use of generative AI to support research.