Universities have been exploring the use of generative AI since the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT, with students being some of the earliest adopters. Despite concerns about students outsourcing their work to AI chatbots, some universities have begun to embrace the technology. A group of UK colleges has agreed to a set of principles allowing students and staff to use generative AI ethically.
Key takeaways:
- Arizona State University has partnered with OpenAI to provide students access to ChatGPT Enterprise, a tool that can serve as an AI tutor.
- The partnership, which has been in development for six months, will also allow the university to build personalized AI tutors and avatars for students and expand its prompt engineering course.
- Universities worldwide have been grappling with how to use generative AI since the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT, with concerns about students outsourcing their workloads to AI-powered chatbots.
- Despite concerns and initial bans, some universities are slowly embracing the new tech, with a group of UK colleges agreeing to principles allowing students and staff to use generative AI ethically.