Written by Anna Tong
(Reuters) – OpenAI and nonprofit partner Common Sense Media have launched a free training course for teachers aimed at demystifying and rapidly engineering artificial intelligence, the organizations said on Wednesday. .
The move comes as OpenAI ramps up efforts to highlight the active role of its ChatGPT chatbot, launched in November 2022, in education. Chatbots were launched in November 2022, sparking a generative AI boom and becoming one of the fastest-growing applications in the world.
Generative AI trained on massive amounts of data can create entirely new human-like content that helps users write term papers, complete science homework, or write entire novels. Masu.
ChatGPT’s launch in the middle of the school year caught teachers off guard as they realized it could be used as a tool for cheating and plagiarism, leading to backlash and subsequent bans.
OpenAI, backed by Microsoft and other investors and valued at $157 billion in its last funding round, is led by former Coursera executive Leah Belsky to support the responsible use of AI in teaching and learning. A specialized team was formed.
“My goal in this role is to put AI in the hands of every student and every teacher and equip them with the skills to learn how to do it responsibly and effectively,” Belsky said. told Reuters. Belsky said student adoption of ChatGPT is “very high,” parents are generally supportive, and believes AI skills are essential for future careers.
This training course is aimed at K-12 teachers and shows them how to use ChatGPT chatbot products in a variety of education use cases, such as creating lesson content and streamlining department meetings. This product, available on the Common Sense Media website, is the first product in the partnership between OpenAI and Common Sense Media.
(Reporting by Anna Tong in San Francisco; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
