Even as GPT-4o continues to stun the world with its revolutionary capabilities, OpenAI has come out with yet another model – ChatGPT Edu. This has been introduced as an affordable offering for universities to bring AI to campus responsibly.

“We’re announcing ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities to responsibly deploy AI to students, faculty, researchers, and campus operations,” OpenAI said in its website announcing the new model. ChatGPT Edu is powered by GPT-4o and can reason across text and vision and use advanced tools such as data analysis. 

OpenAI has said that the new offering includes enterprise-level security and controls and is affordable for educational institutions. The Sam Altman-led AI startup said the new model has been built following the success stories of the University of Oxford, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University, Columbia University in the City of New York in integrating ChatGPT Enterprise. 

ChatGPT Edu features

When it comes to features, OpenAI has listed a slew of them on its website. Users of ChatGPT Edu will get access to GPT-4o, the company’s flagship model that excels in text interpretation, coding, and mathematics. Users will be able to harness advanced capabilities such as data analytics, web browsing, and document summarisation. The new model will also offer the ability to build GPTs, custom versions of ChatGPT, and share them within the university workspaces. 

ChatGPT Edu comes with significantly higher message limits than the free version of ChatGPT Improved language capabilities across quality and speed, with over 50 languages supported. When it comes to security, the new model is claimed to have robust security, data privacy, and administrative controls such as group permissions, SSO, SCIM, and GPT management. OpenAI has also said that all the conversations and data from ChatGPT Edu will not be used to train OpenAI Models. 

How do universities use ChatGPT?

Ever since its launch, ChatGPT has been utilized on campuses for personalized teaching, resume reviews, grant application writing, and grading assistance. At Columbia University, Professor Nabila El-Bassel’s team uses a GPT to analyse data for overdose intervention strategies, drastically reducing research time. At Wharton, professor Ethan Mollick’s students use ChatGPT for reflective assignments, enhancing their learning. 

Similarly, at Arizona State University, assistant professor Christiane Reves is developing a GPT for German language practice, providing tailored feedback and saving faculty assessment time. These initiatives demonstrate innovative applications of AI to support students, faculty, and researchers in various academic tasks. These use cases show the innovative application of AI to support students, faculty, and researchers in various academic activities. 

Source - Indian Express