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Getting started with prompts for text-based Generative AI tools

August 30, 2023

The information, sentences, or questions that you enter into a Generative AI tool (“prompts”) are a big influence on the quality of outputs you receive. After you enter a prompt, the AI model analyzes your input and generates a response based on the patterns it has learned through its training. More descriptive prompts can improve the quality of the outputs.


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Change to how you connect to Harvard VPN

August 9, 2023

HUIT is streamlining how you connect to Harvard VPN. Starting August 11, 2023, follow these instructions to log into a named VPN tunnel: 

  1. Open the Cisco AnyConnect desktop app.  
  2. Enter the tunnel name in this new format: vpn.harvard.edu/[tunnel name].  
    • Replace [tunnel name] with the name that was provided by your VPN administrator. If you are unsure of your tunnel name, it’s also saved in the username on your current AnyConnect login (e.g., john_harvard@harvard...
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