OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT for college students

A handful of college students who were part of OpenAI's testing cohort--hailing from Princeton, Wharton, and the University of Minnesota--shared positive reviews of Study Mode, saying it did a good job of checking their understanding and adapting to their pace. The learning approaches that OpenAI has programmed into Study Mode, which are based partially on Socratic methods, appear sound, says Christopher Harris, an educator in New York who has created a curriculum aimed at AI literacy. They might grant educators more confidence about allowing, or even encouraging, their students to use AI. "Professors will see this as working with them in support of learning as opposed to just being a way for students to cheat on assignments," he says. As demonstrated in OpenAI's recent partnership with leading teachers' unions, the company is currently trying to rebrand chatbots as tools for personalized learning rather than cheating.