OpenTutor aims to leverage AI technology to make higher education that is already accessible but lacking in quality better for students. OpenTutor provides students an AI bot that is trained in the specific curriculum and can act as a real time TA. OpenTA is able to provide real time answers and study material that is directly based on the course content. Our technology can provide students with unique quizzes based on the material that tests the student’s understanding of the concept, ensuring the student is actually learning.
Through cutting-edge technology such as Natural Language Processing, AI is able to be trained on understanding and communicating the way humans do. However, these LLMs, by consequence of their “large”-ness, lack specific context relating to highly specific domains as covered in higher-education. Through the use of vector databases, OpenTA provides extra context to an LLM based on the prompt provided by the user. This means that the OpenTA technology has the strengths and efficiency of technology while also having the dexterity of a human in explaining the curriculum.