AI Tools from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Chron
The "Chron" AI tool answers natural language questions about higher education based on the information contained inThe Chornicle's archive of more than 130,000 articles.
"Chron" is available in: The Chronicle of Higher Education
After logging-in with your myUSF credentials, you must create and sign-in to your personal Chronicle account in order to access Chron.
After you've signed-in to your personal account, click the "Ask Chron" link in the main menu.
Enter a natural language question related to higher education.
- Example: What are the enrollment trends over the last 10 years?
Chron will generate an answer based on its archive of articles, and the specific sources of the information will be linked at the bottom of the answer.
In this example there are two article sources listed.
Under the Hood
What powers The Chronicle of Higher Education AI tools?
"The Chronicle team experimented with several large language models, ultimately selecting Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet for its accuracy, performance, and commitment to ethical principles. Claude 3.5 Sonnet was created with a commitment to ethical AI development. The key ethical principles behind Claude 3.5 Sonnet are transparency and honesty, respect for human values, privacy protection, and fairness and non-discrimination."