Illinois Chat is a build-your-own-chatbot service available to everyone on campus. It allows users to create personalized LLM-based chatbots with control over their functions and content. Originally created by NCSA’s Center for AI Innovation, the production version for campus is the result of a partnership between Illinois Computes, the Office of the CIO, and NCSA.
Resources Available at No Cost
- create your own chatbot, utilizing LLMs run locally or provide an API key to use external LLMs
- storage per chatbot varies by chatbot function
- all data stored on university resources