OpenAI announced 'ChatGPT for Academic Researchers' on 2026-07-29, providing free access to its frontier models to accelerate cross-disciplinary discovery. The rollout begins with 10,000 researchers and will scale to 100,000 participants through 2027, targeting scientists, mathematicians, and engineers for research-focused use.
OpenAI is offering free access to its frontier models to scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, starting with 10,000 researchers and expanding to 100,000 by 2027.
We’re giving scientists, mathematicians, and engineers free access to our frontier models—starting with 10,000 researchers and expanding to 100,000 through 2027.
ChatGPT for Academic Researchers is built to accelerate discovery across disciplines.
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