CSU renews controversial OpenAI deal despite faculty criticism, budget cuts

What happened

According to Local News Matters’s source item, CSU renews controversial OpenAI deal despite faculty criticism, budget cuts, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY officials have renewed their controversial contract with OpenAI — developer of ChatGPT — reigniting a fight over institutional priorities at a time when the system faces millions of dollars in budget cuts. A CSU spokesperson confirmed to EdSource on Wednesday that the university will pay $13 million a year for three years […] The post CSU renews controversial OpenAI deal despite faculty criticism, budget cuts appeared first on Local News Matters .

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