OpenAI has announced a new initiative called ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to its most advanced ChatGPT models. The company says the goal is to accelerate scientific research, collaboration, and discovery.
By removing the cost barrier for individual researchers, the program could make frontier AI tools more widely available across academic fields. OpenAI frames the move as a way to support the scientific community in using AI for everything from literature review to experimental design.
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