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Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
Summary
OpenAI is giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to ChatGPT's most advanced AI models to accelerate scientific research, collaboration, and discovery.
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Rated low: routine. Worth knowing, not worth rearranging your day for.
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