New ways to learn and teach with ChatGPT Work and Codex

As students and educators return to classrooms and campuses this fall, OpenAI is introducing three new education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex, specifically designed to help students and educators leverage agentic capabilities using the course materials and context they choose. A plugin is a package of apps, role-specific skills, instructions, and common workflows that helps students and educators get started immediately. These new plugins are available through both ChatGPT Edu and ChatGPT for Teachers district deployments. The K-12 Educator plugin is designed to help teachers plan and create for their classrooms, developed alongside K-12 educators. It integrates with Learning Commons, a nonprofit working to scale proven teaching and learning practices. OpenAI is the founding partner in the National Academy for AI Instruction, a five-year initiative to equip 400,000 K-12 educators to use AI effectively. The College Educator plugin enables course design, teaching, and academic planning. Faculty can update syllabi, create interactive websites or multimedia assessments, and adapt materials for diverse learners. The College Student plugin helps students turn what they are already studying into more personalized learning experiences, with guided tutors, practice concepts, study guides, quizzes, flashcards, and interactive visual explanations. More than 200 million young adults ages 18-24 now use ChatGPT every week. However, among college-age users, there is a widening global capability overhang, defined as the gap between what AI tools can do and how people actually use them. Even advanced student users leverage ChatGPT's capabilities roughly 90-99% less than power users. The new OpenAI Student Collective is a student-led community for learning, building, and shaping what's next with AI. Through partnerships with platforms like Handshake, college students can connect skills to internships and early-career opportunities.