January 14, 2026

UC Davis AI chat ‘Rocky’ coming soon to UC Davis Health

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Rocky is a free, ChatGPT-based AI assistant developed by UC Davis for the UC Davis community. Designed with campus-specific knowledge, Rocky will soon be available to UC Davis Health faculty and staff.

Developed as a collaboration between the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Information and Educational Technology (IET), Rocky understands UC Davis policies, resources, and culture—making it more relevant and useful than general-purpose AI tools.

Rocky is part of Aggie AI, the broader ecosystem of artificial intelligence tools and services curated for the UC Davis community.

UC Davis Health availability

Beginning Jan. 20, Rocky will be available at no cost to UC Davis Health faculty and staff.

How to log in

To access Rocky, sign in using your campus email address (@ucdavis.edu) and Active Directory password.

What can I use Rocky for?

Rocky uses the most recent UC Davis information and provides source citations to help you verify answers and explore topics further. Common use cases include:

Decode: Rocky can help new and veteran employees decode the many acronyms that make up the UC Davis professional and academic culture.
Navigate: Rocky takes the headache out of the campus parking equation, providing the best parking lot or structure options relative to where you’re going on campus.
Connect: Rocky makes finding like-minded groups on campus and getting involved quickly and easily.
Grow: Whether you’re a supervisor or support staff, Rocky can help you find resources and guidance to aid in your career development at UC Davis.
Support: Rocky can connect you with the right services and resources for health, recreation, tech, or any other issues that pop up.
Simplify: Struggling to comprehend technical language or understand complicated financial processes? Rocky can simplify complicated university processes and policies into plain, easy-to-understand language and action steps.

Explore more in-depth use cases here.

Security and privacy

Rocky does not use your data to train AI models. The university applies strong security and privacy protections to help mitigate risks associated with AI technologies and to uphold principles and data integrity.

Do not use Rocky to share protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), or other sensitive institutional information. As with all large language models, responses may not always be accurate. You should always verify Rocky’s answers.