ChatGPT is shifting into Study Mode – Morning Brew
OpenAI is offering an educational version of ChatGPT for students
Anna Kim
• less than 3 min read
OpenAI has the answer for students using ChatGPT for, well, the answers. The company has launched Study Mode, a new version of the chatbot that strives to educate by withholding information until the user works through a problem.
Since studies have found that when ChatGPT is used to cheat it can erode critical thinking skills, OpenAI is attempting to burnish its reputation and join the AI education battleground with a tool available to all users that was created in collaboration with educators and scientists:
However: There’s nothing stopping a student from switching to regular ChatGPT and getting the correct answer, except maybe adult supervision or immense guilt.
Is this the future? OpenAI joins the likes of Khanmigo, the AI-powered tutor from Khan Academy that boasted 700,000 users in the US during the last school year. And Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn believes AI will become the primary educator as teachers become more focused on childcare.—DL
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