Agricultural Extension services around the country are continually trying to find new ways to provide useful science-based information to the public in the modern ways people search for and gather information. OSU Extension is no different, and against that backdrop, I’m pleased to link to our new ExtensionBot.
By now everyone is likely familiar with the AI driven large language models like ChatGTP, Claude, or Gemini. These “generative AI” models differ in a number of ways, including the information and data upon which they are trained.
Our ExtensionBot is trained on Extension Facts Sheets produced by Extension services around the country at different Land Grant Universities, and our particular chatbot is weighted to rely most heavily on those fact sheets produced by the faculty and staff in Oklahoma State University Extension. Many thanks to my colleague David Warren who led this effort. For more information, check out this article.
Try it out and see what you think here.