The University of Oxford has partnered with OpenAI in a five-year collaboration aimed at enhancing research, teaching, and learning. This partnership will provide Oxford’s students and faculty with enterprise-level security, research grants, and access to cutting-edge AI tools.
Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Digital at Oxford, emphasized the significance of the collaboration, stating it will enrich research, expand AI capabilities, and foster skill development, benefiting the university community and beyond.
A key initiative under this partnership involves digitizing public domain materials from Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries, making them accessible and searchable for students and researchers. Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, highlighted this as part of the “Future Bodleian” campaign to modernize resources and infrastructure to meet the needs of global scholars.
Additionally, Oxford researchers involved in OpenAI collaborative projects will receive research grant funding through OpenAI’s NextGenAI initiative. Professor Patrick Grant, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, emphasized AI’s role in accelerating scientific discovery and the university’s commitment to being at the forefront of AI research to benefit both scholars and society.
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