A Year in ChatGPT and Education

Happy 1st birthday ChatGPT! It's been a big, wild year and the impact on education has been enormous. Here are some of the highlights in a timeline of the past year since ChatGPT was first launched:

Nov. 30th: Open AI releases Chatgpt 3.5

Jan. 3rd: NYC Dept. of Education, the single largest school district in the world, bans ChatGPT from school devices and networks

Mar. 14th: OpenAI releases GPT-4

Mar. 15th: Khan Academy launches Khanmigo, powered by GPT-4

May 1st: US Dept. of Education releases “AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning” report

May 18th: NYC DOE reverses ChatGPT ban

June 1st: UNESCO survey notes only 7% of K12 schools and 13% of universities have an AI policy

June: ChatGPT traffic drops 15% in US with schools out for the summer

June 22nd: Harvard announces AI chatbot to help teach CS50, its flagship coding course

July 26th: OpenAI sunsets their AI detection tool citing low accuracy

Aug. 16th: Vanderbilt disables AI detection software and releases guidance on their decision

Aug. 31st: OpenAI releases their guide for teachers using ChatGPT

Sep. 8th: UNESCO releases AI in education guidelines

September: ChatGPT traffic rebounds to near peak levels as schools resume

Oct. 14th: UK prep school appoints AI chatbot as its principal headteacher

Nov. 6th: GPTs are released allowing GPT-4 users to create their own custom chatbots

It's definitely been a big year and we are pretty excited to see what comes next!