BREAKING: OpenAI has officially announced "ChatGPT for Academic Researchers," a program providing 100,000 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers free access to its frontier AI models through 2027.
The initiative begins immediately with 10,000 researchers this summer (including early access at institutions like the Institute for Advanced Study and École normale supérieure) before scaling up to 100,000 through 2027.
Participants will receive access to OpenAI’s frontier models, including GPT-5.6 Sol Pro at launch. Each researcher can invite up to four collaborators from their institution. The workspaces include business-grade privacy and security protections, and data is not used to train models by default.
The initiative is part of a commitment of over $250 million through 2027 to support external scientific research and discovery.
OpenAI reported that approximately 1.3 million people use ChatGPT for advanced science and mathematics each week, generating about 8.4 million messages.
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The initiative begins immediately with 10,000 researchers this summer (including early access at institutions like the Institute for Advanced Study and École normale supérieure) before scaling up to 100,000 through 2027.
Participants will receive access to OpenAI’s frontier models, including GPT-5.6 Sol Pro at launch. Each researcher can invite up to four collaborators from their institution. The workspaces include business-grade privacy and security protections, and data is not used to train models by default.
The initiative is part of a commitment of over $250 million through 2027 to support external scientific research and discovery.
OpenAI reported that approximately 1.3 million people use ChatGPT for advanced science and mathematics each week, generating about 8.4 million messages.
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