University of NSW and University of Sydney sign OpenAI deals to deploy ChatGPT Edu as students protest
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The University of NSW and the University of Sydney signed multi-year agreements with OpenAI to deploy ChatGPT Edu across their campuses, sparking student alarm and criticism described as "despicable garbage." Students questioned the value of degrees and mounted a grassroots backlash, while both universities said access will be optional and framed the deals as supporting ethical AI use.
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- The University of NSW and the University of Sydney signed multi-year deals with OpenAI within days of each other to roll out ChatGPT Edu across their campuses.
- UNSW described the agreement as a “strategic partnership” and said ChatGPT was an “optional resource.”
- The University of Sydney said the investment ensures every student and staff member has free and equitable access to advanced AI tools.
- University of Sydney vice president of operations Nicole Gower said the university will retain a “human-centred approach to AI” and is rolling out an AI research fund to address the technology’s environmental cost.
- UNSW called the collaboration “one of the largest AI education deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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