Northwestern students, faculty and staff can now access ChatGPT 4.0 through Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot at no cost starting this academic school year. The decision follows a multiyear discussion between NU IT Teaching and Learning Technologies and the Provost’s Generative AI Advisory Committee, which advises University leaders on integrating generative AI resources into academic policy and practice. But the partnership still leaves it up to professors to set individual policies for their classes.