generated: '2026-07-28'
method: searched
source:
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/04/16/zotgpt-spring-2026-updates/
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/09/23/zotgpt-new-models-available/
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/11/18/anteaterintelligence-how-zotgpt-creator-is-transforming-uci-websites/
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/02/24/anteaterintelligence-students-practice-patient-care-with-zotgpt-ai-simulations/
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/01/29/anteaterintelligence-uc-irvine-hr-integrates-zotgpt-ai-tools-into-yearly-innovation-challenge/
  - https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/12/19/building-the-future-ucis-build-a-bot-workshop-celebrates-ai-creativity-and-impact/
provider: ZotGPT (UC Irvine)
providerId: zotgpt
description: >-
  ZotGPT has no dedicated changelog page or feed. Release information is
  published as dated posts on the UCI OIT news site under the #AnteaterIntelligence
  banner. These entries are structured from those posts.
format: blog-posts
feed: none published
entries:
  - date: '2026-04-16'
    title: ZotGPT Spring 2026 Updates
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/04/16/zotgpt-spring-2026-updates/
    changes:
      - type: models
        detail: >-
          GPT-5.4 added, with visible reasoning traces — "GPT-5 series models now
          show reasoning traces. You can see the step-by-step thinking behind
          every response."
      - type: models
        detail: Moonshot Kimi K2.5 added.
      - type: models
        detail: Claude 4.6 series added.
      - type: feature
        product: Creator
        detail: >-
          New Agents feature for linking multiple AI assistants together; custom
          Initial Messages.
      - type: feature
        product: Chat
        detail: >-
          Folder organization; multi-media support for images, documents, video
          and audio via Gemini 2.5; bulk upload of up to 10 files; direct
          file/image paste; PDF Vision for image-based processing.
      - type: feature
        product: ClassChat
        detail: >-
          Copy classes between quarters; Knowledge Priority Control for weighting
          course materials; student delete controls; Modules renamed Activities.
      - type: feature
        product: all
        detail: >-
          LaTeX (.tex) and Markdown (.md) extraction; customizable tool toggles
          (calculator, renderer, analysis).
      - type: security
        detail: All models carry P3 security protection for sensitive data.
  - date: '2026-02-24'
    title: Students practice patient care with ZotGPT AI simulations
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/02/24/anteaterintelligence-students-practice-patient-care-with-zotgpt-ai-simulations/
    changes:
      - type: adoption
        detail: Clinical simulation use case in health sciences instruction.
  - date: '2026-01-29'
    title: UC Irvine HR integrates ZotGPT AI tools into yearly Innovation Challenge
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2026/01/29/anteaterintelligence-uc-irvine-hr-integrates-zotgpt-ai-tools-into-yearly-innovation-challenge/
    changes:
      - type: adoption
        detail: Administrative adoption beyond teaching and research.
  - date: '2025-12-19'
    title: UCI's Build-a-Bot workshop celebrates AI creativity and impact
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/12/19/building-the-future-ucis-build-a-bot-workshop-celebrates-ai-creativity-and-impact/
    changes:
      - type: program
        detail: Campus workshop program driving Creator adoption.
  - date: '2025-11-18'
    title: How ZotGPT Creator is transforming UCI websites
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/11/18/anteaterintelligence-how-zotgpt-creator-is-transforming-uci-websites/
    changes:
      - type: adoption
        detail: >-
          "over 1,000 custom bots" built by UCI employees since Creator launched,
          replacing third-party solutions costing "upwards of $10,000 each."
          Named deployments include ZotDesk (OIT help desk), a Financial Services
          billing chatbot, and BANA Bot at the Merage School of Business.
  - date: '2025-09-23'
    title: 'ZotGPT: New Models Available'
    url: https://www.oit.uci.edu/2025/09/23/zotgpt-new-models-available/
    changes:
      - type: models
        detail: >-
          Claude Opus 4.1 (Anthropic) — "The latest and most powerful model from
          Anthropic. Exceptional at coding tasks and has strong reasoning
          capabilities."
      - type: models
        detail: >-
          Google Gemini 2.5 Pro — "Substantially large context performer overall
          with incredibly fast reasoning."
      - type: models
        detail: >-
          DeepSeek-R1 (open source) — "An open-source model that provides a
          unique experience from the other large AI providers."
      - type: models
        detail: >-
          GPT-5 (OpenAI) — "The latest model from OpenAI, great for
          general-purpose tasks, has improved reasoning and coding capabilities."
gaps:
  - No changelog page, RSS feed, or JSON feed dedicated to ZotGPT releases.
  - No per-product version numbers.
  - Model catalog additions are announced in prose, not as a machine-readable
    model list.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com