Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will launch the week of Nov. 16

Beginning the week of Nov. 16, the University of Cincinnati's AI platform will introduce two new features, Bearcats ONEchat and Projects, designed to simplify the user experience and make it easier to organize AI-powered work.

With these features, faculty, staff and students will have new ways to work more efficiently within BearcatsGPT. 

Bearcats ONEchat streamlines the BearcatGPT experience by providing a familiar chat interface that allows users to get started immediately without additional setup or configuration. Users will continue to have access to institutionally developed AI agents through the Explore Agents feature while benefiting from a more intuitive default experience.

Key benefits include:

• A fast, familiar chat experience with no upfront configuration.
• Immediate access to reliable, pre-configured AI models.
• Continued access to university-developed agents through Explore Agents.
• Flexible options for users and administrators to customize default settings.

By combining simplicity with customization, Bearcats ONEchat helps users quickly take advantage of generative AI while maintaining access to specialized university-supported tools.

Projects introduce a new way to organize conversations, files and instructions within BearcatsGPT. The feature creates dedicated workspaces where users can keep related AI interactions together, making it easier to revisit ongoing work and maintain context across conversations.

Within a Project, users can store supporting documents and create instructions that automatically apply to future chats. Files only need to be uploaded once, and all conversations within the Project can access the same information.

Projects are designed to be flexible. Users can create a Project with only a name and add descriptions, files and instructions whenever needed.

Bearcats ONEchat and Projects will be available to all BearcatsGPT users beginning the week of Nov. 16. Together, the new features represent the university's continued effort to provide accessible, user-friendly AI tools that support teaching, learning, research and administrative work across the university community.

To learn more about BearcatsGPT, visit our AI webpage.