The popularity of ChatGPT in learning also presents new challenges: how to ensure AI deepens rather than shortcuts learning, and how to help students build critical thinking skills when answers are instantly available. OpenAI Learning Accelerator is designed to address these challenges and empower educators and learners—to ensure AI strengthens learning, supports teachers, and addresses the unique needs of India’s education system.

At the center of this effort are partnerships with leading institutions, including IIT Madras, AICTE, and others, who will work collaboratively with OpenAI through several core efforts:

Advancing research on AI and learning: IIT Madras and OpenAI today announced a new research collaboration, backed by $500,000 in funding from OpenAI. Through the MoU, IIT Madras will conduct long-term studies on how AI can improve learning outcomes, foster innovative teaching methods, aligned to insights from cognitive neuroscience. Findings will be shared openly and inform future product development.

Accelerate AI access across India: Over the next six months, OpenAI plans to distribute approximately half a million ChatGPT licenses and training to educators and students across India through the following partnerships: