OpenAI announces College Planner, a college planning tool for the teen version of ChatGPT, initially US only
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ChatGPT for Teens, built for under-18 users, will add College Planner to gather what each college asks for, its deadlines and the aid steps into a single plan. At first it covers the United States, for grades 10 to 12 and anyone aiming at a four-year degree, and OpenAI wants to take it to other countries. OpenAI also says average daily use stays under 15 minutes and less than 2% spend over three hours in a row.
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to help teenagers prepare for college.
The company has announced that College Planner (a tool for planning college applications) is coming soon to ChatGPT for Teens, its default experience for users under 18. It brings together the application requirements, deadlines, tasks and financial aid steps for each school on a student's list in one plan. At first it will only be available in the United States, for high school students in grades 10 to 12 who plan to attend a four-year college. OpenAI says it will bring it to more countries over time.
As reported by Unite.AI, OpenAI says hundreds of thousands of US teens already use ChatGPT each week to plan applications, track deadlines, research schools and understand financial aid. The planner arrives alongside new study tools, with flashcards and quizzes, and the company plans to expand it over time to two-year colleges, technical colleges and trade schools.
It has also published usage data: on average, teens spend under 15 minutes a day on ChatGPT, and less than 2% use it for more than three consecutive hours.
Why it matters · analysis and opinion
OpenAI is taking ChatGPT into a very specific area: the paperwork of getting into college, which in the United States means following different requirements and deadlines for each school. For students and their families, the promise is having everything in one place instead of spread across each college's website. The key details are still missing to judge it: the exact arrival date and how reliable the information for each school will be, because a wrong deadline has real consequences. The usage data that comes with the announcement can also be read another way: OpenAI wants to present its version for minors as a study tool rather than something addictive. Outside the United States, nothing changes for now, although the company already talks about taking it to other countries.
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