Anthropic on Wednesday debuted Claude for Education, a specialized version of its popular chatbot designed for college students, while OpenAI announced on Thursday that it would make ChatGPT Plus free for U.S. and Canadian college students through May.
Claude for Education includes a “learning mode” designed to guide students’ reasoning rather than provide answers. Anthropic secured university-wide access agreements with Northeastern University, Champlain College, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Northeastern partnership will provide Claude access to 50,000 students, faculty and staff across 13 global campuses, according to Anthropic.