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OpenAI, in partnership with Common Sense Media, has unveiled a free training course to provide educators with practical insights into artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and prompts. The course will enable teachers to navigate and leverage emerging digital tools effectively.
This marks a pivotal step for OpenAI, which has been actively working to highlight the educational benefits of its ChatGPT chatbot. Since its debut in November 2022, ChatGPT has rapidly become one of the fastest-growing applications worldwide, sparking a generative AI revolution.
Powered by vast datasets, generative AI like ChatGPT can create humanlike content ranging from essays to novels, making it a versatile tool for learning and creativity.
The newly launched training course, accessible via the Common Sense Media platform, targets kindergarten to 12th-grade teachers. It demonstrates how ChatGPT can create lesson plans, streamline administrative tasks, and support innovative teaching methods.
This initiative is part of OpenAI’s broader collaboration with Common Sense Media, and additional offerings are planned in the future.
Leah Belsky, a former Coursera executive, is at the helm of OpenAI’s education efforts. As the leader of OpenAI’s dedicated education team, Belsky emphasises the need to integrate AI into classrooms thoughtfully. “My goal in this role is to put AI into the hands of every student and every teacher…and also I’ve them the skills to learn how to do it responsibly and effectively,” Belsky told Reuters.
Belsky also noted the rapid adoption of ChatGPT among students, with many parents viewing AI literacy as an essential skill for the future workforce.
In October 2024, OpenAI partnered with Lenfest Institue of Journalism to fund AI projects at five newspapers. The main aim of this collaboration is to help news publishers explore AI’s potential in journalism.
Recently, OpenAI announced a shift towards a for-profit structure. To this end, the company is seeking approval from regulatory bodies in California and Delaware.
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