A Graduate Center Initiative
AI Infrastructure for CUNY, by CUNY
The CUNY AI Lab is a faculty- and staff-led initiative that develops and maintains AI tools for teaching, learning, and research. We prioritize privacy, transparency, and thoughtful integration of AI into academic work.
Guiding Principles
Privacy by Design
We use providers that don't retain or train on user data
Transparency
We prioritize open-weight models that can be examined and understood
Environmental Accountability
Tools include visibility into computational costs
Criticality
AI literacy over AI dependency
Access at a glance
One application covers everything the Lab runs. Approved members sign in with CUNY Login.
CAIL Sandbox
Explore and evaluate open-weight language models and design reusable model configurations for teaching, research, and critique.
Open Sandbox →Lab tools
Leverage custom-built tools to prototype sites, conduct research, process media, remediate PDFs, and draft AI use disclosure statements.
View tools →Model access
Create private keys to access and use the Lab's API model gateway from your own OpenAI-compatible tools and applications.
Read guide →Teaching with AI? Apply for a class, then share an invitation link your students use to sign up. No individual applications needed.Apply for a class →