Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

"CSU's adoption of ChatGPT Edu is, in many ways, a welcome move," writes Sasha Sidorkin. But access is nonetheless limited. "The most immediate concern is the complete ban on third-party custom bots. Students and faculty cannot use them, and even more frustrating, they cannot share the ones they create beyond their own campus." Why makes something available but unusable? "Higher education functions best when it remains open to the world. It thrives on collaboration across institutions, partnerships with industry, and the free exchange of ideas and tools. When platforms are locked down and creativity is siloed, that spirit is lost." Quite right.

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