OpenAI comes to Greek secondary education and start-ups to prepare for ‘Intelligence Age’

Published on 05/09/2025 - 17:01 GMT+2

Greece, nan state which is nan humanities birthplace of Western education, is partnering pinch nan artificial intelligence (AI) institution OpenAI to bring nan exertion to secondary schools and nan country’s start-ups. 

The ChatGPT shaper said that Greece will beryllium among nan first countries to usage its chatbot tailored to world institutions. 

Called ChatGPT Edu, it gives entree to OpenAI’s latest models and supports GDPR compliance, OpenAI said successful a property release, adding that nan patient would stock champion practices for safe, effective schoolroom use.

The move comes arsenic countries person begun aliases are readying to instrumentality AI successful classrooms. Over nan summer, Estonia began training its teachers successful AI use. 

“From Plato’s Academy to Aristotle’s Lyceum—Greece is nan humanities birthplace of Western education. Today, pinch millions of Greeks utilizing ChatGPT connected a regular basis, nan state is erstwhile again showing its dedication to learning and ideas,” Chris Lehane, Chief Global Affairs Officer astatine OpenA said successful a statement.

“The Greek Government is opening a caller acquisition section that prepares its group to prehend nan economical opportunities of nan Intelligence Age”.

OpenAI said that Greece will not instrumentality nan exertion successful schools yet. There will beryllium a aviator this twelvemonth pinch upper-secondary schools selected to bespeak location and socio-economic diversity. 

The first shape focuses connected building AI literacy, helping teachers boost productivity and merge AI responsibly into their work, OpenAI said successful a statement. 

“Following successful outcomes, nan programme is expected to grow crossed Greece’s acquisition system,” it added. 

But 1 awesome rumor that teachers person reported is students utilizing AI to constitute their essays aliases do their homework for them, which tin beryllium difficult for teachers to identify. AI tin besides make things up and spew mendacious information. 

The institution has besides travel nether basking h2o aft a suit was revenge against nan institution and its CEO Sam Altman by nan parents of a 16-year-old who committed termination successful April.

The parents alleged that ChatGPT created a psychological dependency that led to nan teen’s suicide.

OpenAI announced this week that it would adhd caller parental controls. 

Alongside nan acquisition plan, OpenAI said it will besides motorboat connected Saturday a ‘Greek AI Accelerator Program’ to support a caller activity of section founders building pinch AI. 

OpenAI’s purpose pinch nan Greek authorities is to support tech talent successful Greece, arsenic galore time off to prosecute opportunities abroad. 

The programme included mentorship from OpenAI engineers, tailored workshops connected scaling, compliance, and safety, arsenic good arsenic a sojourn to OpenAI’s office successful San Francisco and connections to starring AI investors and innovators.