However, the adoption of AI in education is off to a slow start due to skepticism from educators. A survey by the Pew Research Center found that a quarter of public K-12 teachers believe using AI tools in education does more harm than good. Similarly, a poll by the Rand Corporation and the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that only 18% of K-12 educators are applying AI in their classrooms.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI is exploring ways to allow e-learning instructors to create custom “GPTs” that tie into online curriculums, according to Siya Raj Purohit, a member of OpenAI’s go-to-market team for education.
- OpenAI is aggressively targeting the education market as a key area of growth, with initiatives such as hiring former Coursera chief revenue officer Leah Belsky as its first education GM and launching ChatGPT Edu, a version of ChatGPT built for universities.
- The AI in education market could be worth $88.2 billion within the next decade, according to Allied Market Research.
- Despite the potential, growth in the AI in education sector is slow due to skepticism from educators, with a quarter of public K-12 teachers believing that using AI tools in education does more harm than good, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.