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OpenAI Gives 100,000 Researchers Free Access to Its Most Advanced Models
OpenAI News·Saturday, 1 August 2026
OpenAI is giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to ChatGPT's most advanced AI models. The goal is to speed up scientific research, collaboration, and discovery. The program is called ChatGPT for Academic Researchers.
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