New ways to learn and teach with ChatGPT Work and Codex

AI is moving from tools that primarily answer questions to systems that can reason across context, use other tools, and help carry out complex, multi-step work. That shift is changing what it means to be prepared for school, work, and what comes next.

As students and educators return to classrooms and campuses this fall, we’re introducing three new education plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex, specifically designed to help students and educators leverage agentic capabilities using the course materials and context they choose. A plugin is a package of apps, role-specific skills, instructions, and common workflows that helps students and educators get started immediately without having to construct complex prompts on their own. These new plugins are available through both ChatGPT Edu and ChatGPT for Teachers district deployments.

This builds on the principle that guides our work in education: AI should support learning, not shortcut it, and the best learning experiences keep educators and students in control.

Helping students and educators do more with AI

The new plugins include one for college students, one for K–12 educators, and one for college educators. By connecting to the tools and materials they already rely on, from documents and course materials to calendars and other approved apps, the plugins understand the context and task at hand and help students and educators move from curiosity to practice, lesson idea to classroom material, and project concept to execution.

This work reflects what we’ve learned through our engagement with educators, including our partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). OpenAI is the founding partner in the National Academy for AI Instruction, a five-year initiative to equip 400,000 K–12 educators—about one in every 10 teachers in the US—to use AI effectively and lead the way in shaping how AI is taught and used in classrooms across the country.