Leaders of the California State University system, the CSU, want it to become the nation’s first artificial intelligence-powered institution of its kind.
It entered into a $17 million no-bid contract with OpenAI last year to provide students, faculty and staff with a new resource: ChatGPT Edu — a version of the popular generative AI chatbot intended for use by educational institutions. The system recently renewed that contract for another $13 million a year for the next three years.
But in a recent survey, majorities of its students and faculty said they were skeptical of the benefits of AI for education, and they worry about AI’s impacts on job security, creativity and the environment.
What exactly are the requirements for this tech? We know that accuracy can’t be one of the requirements.
They sure as hell are not getting their value out of that deal. $13+M/yr is an insane amount to pay for slopware
For $17m you could purchase a building, hire 100 people(with benefits), and still have a few million left for them to purchase whatever resources they need to accomplish whatever it is they want.
That isn’t how it works. I wish that is how it worked.
oh hey look it’s PITCHFORK TIME!
