Service YoKI
The university's AI platform for students and employees
YoKI is the university AI platform which includes a selection of multiple open-source language models (LLMs). All of the models are on-premises, meaning that they are operated on university servers and can therefore be used in compliance with data sovereignty and data protection regulations. The YoKI platform currently offers employees and students the use of AI assistants with different specializations:
- Llama from Meta: a standard, high-performance system for text generation and processing
- DeepSeek: an alternative high-performance language model
- Aya from Cohere: a multilingual language model
- Qwen Coder: LLM with a wide range of programming languages and a focus on coding
Target Group
- Students
- University employees
Use
- Data sovereignty and privacy: Since YoKI is hosted on university servers, sensitive and confidential data remains within the university and is neither forwarded to third parties nor stored locally at the University Computing Centre. Therefore, YoKI is suitable for research, teaching and administration at the university.
- The various specializations of the available AI assistants can be used, for example, to support text editing, translations or programming.
- Employees and students can use YoKI in a secure environment to gain experience with different AI models and test them in action, enabling them to consider the opportunities, challenges and risks these models present.
Access and Requirements
The use of YoKI is only possible from within the university network or via VPN. You can log in with either your Uni-ID or your project number.
Please carefully read the terms of use.
Technical information
- YoKI is operated on university servers with special graphics cards.
- The service has been designed in compliance with data protection regulations.
- The open-source models can be adjusted to meet the specific requirements of the university.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How and where can I access YoKI? | For information on accessing YoKI, please refer to the instructions “Logging in and out of YoKI.” Access to YoKI is only possible within the university network or via VPN. We have also created instructions for setting up VPN, which are linked in the instructions “Log in and log out in YoKI”. Please note the terms of use. |
Does YoKI support file attachments? | File attachments are not currently supported. We are working on making this feature available soon. |
What is a large language model? | A large language model is a fundamental class of artificial intelligence systems that are capable of processing human language and generating or reading natural language texts. |
What is a prompt? | A prompt is an instruction sent to a large language model or AI system to obtain a specific action. It is our human input (e.g., text or voice input) that an AI system processes into an output (e.g., an image or text). The optimization of such prompts to increase the quality of AI output is called prompt engineering. |