OpenAI usage dips when school is out. What that really says about AI in education A new piece highlights a sharp drop in ChatGPT usage right after finals end and summer break starts. The pattern lines up with weekends too. Translation: a big slice of usage looks academic. (Futurism) This is not just a hot take. A Rutgers analysis of 10,000 real prompts found activity slumps during Spring Break and Summer, concluding most usage was academic in nature. (arXiv) What it means:Students: AI is a to...

OpenAI usage dips when school is out. What that really says about AI in education A new piece highlights a sharp drop in ChatGPT usage right after finals end and summer break starts. The pattern lines up with weekends too. Translation: a big slice of usage looks academic. (Futurism) This is not just a hot take. A Rutgers analysis of 10,000 real prompts found activity slumps during Spring Break and Summer, concluding most usage was academic in nature. (arXiv) What it means:Students: AI is a to...

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Students: grab $1,500+ in AI tools for free - Log in with your verified student email to claim. ElevenLabs just dropped an AI Student Pack that bundles premium tools for study, content, and prototyping. If you’ve got a verified student email, you can claim it and start building today. What you get$1,500+ in credits and discounts across 16 AI tools for voice, video, design, and productivityExamples included in the pack: ElevenLabs for voice and dubbing, Notion for workflow, V0 for building, He...

On July 29, 2025, OpenAI announced Study Mode, a version of ChatGPT built to act less like a one-shot answer machine and more like a patient tutor that walks you through concepts, asks you questions, and pushes you to show your work. Why this mattersThe AI genie is fully on campus. Study Mode is designed to make learning look like learning again: step-by-step explanations, checks for understanding, and fewer straight answers. (The Guardian)MIT Tech Review’s take is blunt: under the hood this ...

On July 29, 2025, OpenAI announced Study Mode, a version of ChatGPT built to act less like a one-shot answer machine and more like a patient tutor that walks you through concepts, asks you questions, and pushes you to show your work. Why this mattersThe AI genie is fully on campus. Study Mode is designed to make learning look like learning again: step-by-step explanations, checks for understanding, and fewer straight answers. (The Guardian)MIT Tech Review’s take is blunt: under the hood this ...

Students are using ChatGPT to actually study smarter, not shortcut learning. Here are 5 quick plays worth stealing for your next class, cram night, or lab session. (edunewsletter.openai.com)Quiz yourself Upload slides or notes, then: “I have an exam for [course]. Create a practice quiz based on these materials. Ask one question at a time in the style of a [format: multiple choice, short answer, etc.].”Make studying a game “Turn these notes into a simple study game that helps me learn [topic]....

Students are using ChatGPT to actually study smarter, not shortcut learning. Here are 5 quick plays worth stealing for your next class, cram night, or lab session. (edunewsletter.openai.com)Quiz yourself Upload slides or notes, then: “I have an exam for [course]. Create a practice quiz based on these materials. Ask one question at a time in the style of a [format: multiple choice, short answer, etc.].”Make studying a game “Turn these notes into a simple study game that helps me learn [topic]....