{"id":2058,"date":"2026-06-24T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:36:16","slug":"free-chatgpt-usc-re-ups-with-openai-to-provide-students-employees-chatbot-access-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2058","title":{"rendered":"Free ChatGPT? USC re-ups with OpenAI to provide students, employees chatbot access"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff at the University of South Carolina\u2019s Columbia campus will receive free enterprise access to artificial intelligence tools for a second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2057\">Windshield flies off tumbling fire engine, hits man in his yard, NC officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>USC, which last year became the first college in the state to ink a deal with OpenAI, last week extended its agreement with the leading artificial intelligence firm.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The university\u2019s new $2.5 million deal with OpenAI mirrors its prior pact, while allowing for more extensive and computationally-intensive use of ChatGPT, the company\u2019s popular chatbot.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have found that people are using it, and they\u2019re using it a lot,\u201d USC spokesman Jeff Stensland said of ChatGPT. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to buy some additional credits to meet the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>USC was one of the first public universities in the country to contract with OpenAI when it signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the tech firm last June.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Numerous schools, including Clemson University, have since followed Carolina\u2019s lead and partnered with OpenAI, as the nearly trillion-dollar company endeavors to gain converts and future customers at campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>USC has explained its decision to embrace AI as an effort to bring innovation to the classroom, enhance academic research and give students a competitive advantage in today\u2019s workforce. Officials also cited the data security benefits that come with keeping queries confined to the university\u2019s information ecosystem rather than releasing them into the world where they could be used to train external AI systems.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A year after partnering with OpenAI, the state\u2019s flagship school now integrates lessons on ethical and efficient AI use into its University 101 curriculum, offers an undergraduate certificate in Artificial Intelligence Literacy and has developed several CustomGPTs, including Cocky Scholar, a personalized study partner powered by ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, roughly 25,000 USC students, faculty and staff activated their university-provided ChatGPT accounts, according to Brice Bible, the school\u2019s chief information officer and vice president of information technology.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Of those users, about two-thirds interacted with the chatbot on a weekly basis, university officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2055\">Free ChatGPT? USC re-ups with OpenAI to provide students, employees chatbot access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>While most users entered only basic prompts (e.g. \u201cHelp me write a thank you note to my grandma for my Christmas present\u201d), some used ChatGPT to conduct \u201cdeep research,\u201d Bible said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The university purchases credits, a form of AI currency, for research-focused users who upload large datasets for analysis or ask the chatbot to tackle multistep tasks that would take someone many hours to complete.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The more complex a task, the more credits it consumes.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, USC purchased 1 million credits to cover research-heavy requests, but ended up using 30 times that amount.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe credit usage has gone through the roof because faculty \u2014 mostly faculty, but some students \u2014 have figured out they can do deeper research with this,\u201d Bible said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI covered USC\u2019s credit overage costs, which amounted to more than $1 million, as a courtesy to the university for being an early adopter of the technology and helping train its models, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>This year, the university recalibrated its usage needs and negotiated the purchase of 40 million credits \u2014 at a reduced price per credit \u2014 as part of its new deal with the AI firm, Stensland said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The spokesman couldn\u2019t say whether USC would be charged for exceeding its credit allotment this year, but noted that school officials planned to keep closer tabs on usage.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said the university was in the process of developing data dashboards that would track AI credit usage by college and alert departments when they were approaching their limits.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that\u2019ll be beneficial both to the colleges and the central administration, just to better understand how all the credits are being used,\u201d Stensland said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2053\">Ocean water off the Grand Strand has been bluer recently. 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