# OpenAI gives 100,000 academic researchers free ChatGPT access

> OpenAI is providing free access to ChatGPT's advanced models for 100,000 academic researchers to accelerate scientific research and collaboration.

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| **Tool** | OpenAI |
| **Version** | — |
| **Kind** | announcement |
| **Published** | 2026-07-29 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 3/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | capability |

## What changed


OpenAI is providing free access to ChatGPT's advanced models for 100,000 academic researchers to accelerate scientific research and collaboration.


## Sources

- [blog_rss](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-academic-researchers) — retrieved 2026-08-11


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