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LANGUAGE MODELS

Harvard University Information Technology piloted its artificial intelligence
“sandbox” tool on Sept. 4 to provide Harvard affiliates with secure access to
large language models. By Michelle Liu
By Camilla J. Martinez and Tiffani A. Mezitis, Crimson Staff Writers
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Harvard University Information Technology began a limited rollout of the pilot
version of its artificial intelligence “sandbox” tool on Sept. 4, with the aim
of providing Harvard affiliates with secure access to large language models.

The AI sandbox provides a “walled-off” environment where prompts and data
entered into the interface are seen by the user only — the data is not shared
with LLM vendors and cannot be used as training data for these models, according
to a press release on HUIT’s website.




HUIT designed the tool in collaboration with the Office of the Vice Provost for
Advances in Learning, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Division of Science, and
other colleagues across the University. HUIT spokesperson Tim J. Bailey wrote
the pilot aims to encourage safe experimentation with LLMs, inform how Harvard
can offer increased accessibility of the tools, and explore applications of AI
in the classroom and workplace.



Pilot access is being rolled out in phases, with access expanded to instructors
within the FAS two weeks ago. Still, affiliates must request access to use the
AI sandbox for each specific use case.

Harvard Business School professor Mitchell B. Weiss ’99 was one of the inaugural
participants in the pilot AI sandbox.

Weiss said the AI sandbox was a crucial educational resource in his course
HBSMBA 1623: “Public Entrepreneurship.” He praised the AI sandbox for offering
easy access to a range of generative AI models.

Weiss, by incorporating AI into his course, said he hoped to provide insight
into the broader question of, “How can generative AI be useful in helping solve
public problems?”




“The interest is spreading as examples of uses for teaching and learning
spread,” Weiss said.



Feedback from the pilot, obtained through surveys and discussions with
participants, will be shared among faculty and University leadership to advise
Harvard’s strategy toward AI, according to Bailey.

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The University has continued to negotiate with vendors on enterprise agreements
that can help expand the variety of consumer AI tools available on the platform,
per Bailey.

Weiss said he looks forward to future versions that include the ability to
upload files — like data and PDFs — and the “advanced data analysis tool in
GPT-plus.”

As generative AI has gained traction on campus and in the world, the Office of
Undergraduate Education has rolled out guidance for faculty approaches regarding
generative AI use in FAS courses. These guidelines range from “maximally
restrictive” to “fully-encouraging,” though the FAS has not imposed a blanket
policy on AI use.

Weiss said the pilot version of the AI sandbox has been received positively by
his students.

“Oh, this changes my whole job,” Weiss said, quoting a conversation between two
students in his class.

“They really saw the magnitude of these tools in a way they hadn’t. I think
using them is a very important way to understanding them,” Weiss added.

—Staff writer Camilla J. Martinez can be reached at
camilla.martinez@thecrimson.com. Follow her on X @camillajinm.

– Staff writer Tiffani A. Mezitis can be reached at
tiffani.mezitis@thecrimson.com.



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