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Key takeaways
ChatGPT's new study mode works through questions with students.
It's available to logged-in ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users.
Study mode will get improvements in the near future.
Since generative AI tools such as ChatGPT launched, a debate has emerged: Will they impede students' education by doing their work for them? OpenAI's latest ChatGPT feature seeks to tackle that issue head-on.
OpenAI unveiled study mode in ChatGPT, Tuesday. It's a learning experience that helps students work toward the solution to a problem instead of just receiving the response. The feature encourages learning through step-by-step guiding questions meant to both engage students and promote deeper understanding.
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"We built [study mode] based on research and learning science, and conversation with pedagogy experts around the world," said Leah Belsky, VP and GM of education at OpenAI, to the press. "We collaborated with them to gather examples of how a teacher or a tutor would ideally respond to drive learning, engagement, and curiosity."
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