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MSU is where human thinking leads and AI follows.
How we use AI at MSU.
Four working principles guide how MSU thinks about AI. You may have more principles. Use them, share them.
Human thinking leads.
AI is an amplifier. AI is not a substitute for learning or thinking. We use AI to extend the reach of human judgment and capabilities, never to replace.
Be transparent about how you use it.
If AI helped you do your work, say so. Disclosure builds trust. Discuss with your instructor, your students, your colleagues, and your boss — when, how, and if to use AI.
Protect what's protected.
Student records, research subjects, unpublished work, sensitive university data do not go into personal AI tools. We have approved tools for that.
Share what you learn.
When you find something that works, write it up and share it with your colleagues and in our MSU AI Community Team. We get better as a community.
Three paths to the work.
Whoever you are at Mississippi State, find resources, tools, events, and guidance.
Students
Use AI to learn faster, not think less. Course-by-course guidance, citation rules, and the honor code in plain language.
Faculty
Design assignments that work in an AI-saturated world. Syllabus language, classroom policies, and pedagogy resources.
Staff
Apply AI to administrative work safely — what tools to use for which data class, and how to handle FERPA-protected records.
How MSU is actually using AI.
A simulation that took 3 weeks can be done now in 3 days.
John Ball, a researcher in automotive autonomy, used AI to compress a class-simulation coding task from 2-3 weeks of off and on work to 3 days of periodic work. What this means, and what it tells us about where AI actually fits in research.
MSU students are building their own perspective on AI policy.
The MSU Student Association has launched an AI Task Force, with students leading the development of a student voice in MSU's AI governance work. First meeting: May 7. What the SGA model gets right about how governance actually works.
More than 500 people at Mississippi State are now talking about AI in the Community of Practice.
What started as a small group in Microsoft Teams channel in November 2025 now has more than 500 MSU faculty, staff, and administrators comparing notes — on what they're trying. The conversation has become something more useful than tips.
Upcoming events.
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MSU's Generative AI tools.
Sign in with your myState NetID and your prompts and data stay protected. Your data is excluded from model training. MSU has enterprise-grade access for the whole university.
Microsoft Copilot
Conversational assistant integrated with Office 365. Basic Copilot is free for everyone and your default for everyday work.
Google Gemini
Multimodal model from Google, available through your MSU Google account.
Anthropic Claude
Claude for Enterprise — research, long-context, and analysis with strong safety controls.
Your human advantage deepens at MSU.
Curiosity, judgment, knowledge, purpose. The things that make a person irreplaceable are the work of every department, every classroom, every student at Mississippi State.