OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu, a version of its conversational AI tool specially designed for universities. The idea is for generative AI to come to the aid not only of students, but also of campus teaching staff and researchers.
The initiative was prompted by the success various universities were having using ChatGPT Enterprise, designed, as its name suggests, for businesses.
Today, ChatGPT is used in many US universities for a variety of tasks, from personalized tutoring to resume reviewing and grading assistance for professors.
Article continues after this advertisementPowered by GPT-4o, ChatGPT Edu will be able to analyze and summarize data (texts, documents, images), as well as search for information on the internet.
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In addition, OpenAI says that this version will offer users “significantly higher message limits” compared to the free version of ChatGPT, now also be powered by GPT-4o.
Article continues after this advertisementUniversities are invited to contact OpenAI about implementing this dedicated tool on their campuses, the idea being to enable them to deploy ChatGPT Edu on a large scale from the start of the new academic year.
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