OpenAI to give 100,000 academic researchers free frontier model access; Grady_Booch calls it a Trojan Horse
examachine · x · 2026-09-10
OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, giving scientists, mathematicians and engineers free access to its frontier models — starting with 10,000 researchers and expanding to 100,000 by 2027 — to accelerate discovery across disciplines.
Software legend GradyBooch quote-shared the announcement, calling it "a modern-day Trojan Horse" and warning to "beware of geeks bearing gifts," framing the free access as a play for influence over academia.
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