Shafaqna English- OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, a new initiative that will provide 100,000 researchers at selected academic institutions with free access to its most advanced AI models by 2027 to accelerate scientific discovery. OpenAI said research data will not be used to train its AI models by default and will be protected by enterprise-grade privacy and security measures. OpenAI said researchers are increasingly relying on AI throughout the scientific workflow, from developing mathematical proofs to designing fusion-energy software and analyzing biological data. The initiative is part of OpenAI’s broader commitment to invest more than $250 million in external scientific research through 2027. The company said its goal is to expand access to advanced AI tools, allowing researchers—not AI developers—to determine which scientific questions to pursue and how best to address them.