The University of Oxford has revealed a new five-year collaboration with OpenAI, the creator of the widely recognized AI tool, ChatGPT. This partnership will provide students and faculty with funding and advanced AI tools aimed at improving teaching, learning, and research, according to the Oxford university. Additionally, part of the Bodleian Library’s public collection will be digitized under this initiative.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, said “continued collaboration” with the academic community was “essential to build AI that benefits everyone”.
Oxford researchers will gain access to OpenAI’s newest models, including a ChatGPT version tailored for educational use, as part of the initiative. Additionally, research grant funding will be provided for projects collaborating with the California-based company. The university stated that this partnership will “create opportunities to enhance” its research in fields like health and climate change.
Prof Patrick Grant, pro vice-chancellor for research at Oxford, said: “Artificial intelligence is accelerating the pace of scientific discovery and enabling researchers to work with increasingly complex data sets.
“The university aims to be at the forefront of AI research and the application of AI for all researchers, by producing ground-breaking studies to help both scholars and society not only adapt to these technologies, but also harness them wisely to their full potential,” he added.
The Bodleian Library collections that were not previously accessible online will now be available worldwide as part of the project.
Librarian Richard Ovenden said: “‘The Bodleian’s mission is to acquire, preserve and make available knowledge for the benefit of our students, researchers and the wider public.
“Over the centuries we have constantly sought new ways to take this mission forward and have in more recent years been an innovator in the use of technology,” he added.
The new partnership has come as a result of the University of Oxford’s participation in NextGenAI – a project involving top universities in the US and UK that is sponsored by OpenAI.
“The NextGenAI initiative will accelerate research progress and catalyse a new generation of institutions equipped to harness the transformative power of AI,” Mr Lightcap said.
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