B Tips + practical issues #
B.1 Check-in: Chat-AI (GWDG AI interface) #
In this course, we will use the Chat-AI platform of the GWDG for access to open-weight LLMs.
For access, one has to log in to the GWDG academic cloud. This is shown here for members of KU via Shibboleth (in English):
Figure: Go to https://chat-ai.academiccloud.de/ and klick on “Federated Login” Figure: Select your institution (here: “Catholic university …” in English mode, “Katholische Universität …” in German mode). Figure: Shibboleth login for members of KU Figure: If multi factor authentication is activated, you have to choose a second factor. Figure: The eduMFA authenticator can provide a second factor (here in the iOS app store).
More on Academic Cloud (2/2025, in German): https://blog.bluemer.info/it/gwdg_academiccloud/
Figure: Chat-AI: If the menu bars are missing, click on the arrow left or gear wheel right; language can be toggled using the flag in the bottom right corner. Figure: Chat-AI: Models can be selected via the top bar; prompts are entered at the bottom; parameters can be changed in the right menu.
A full (and currently up-to-date) documentation for Chat-AI can be found on https://docs.hpc.gwdg.de/services/chat-ai/. There is also a very active community on https://matrix.to/#/#AIComm:uni-goettingen.de.
Last updated: 2025-11-30 23:38