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Unpacking AI at Scale with CSU and OpenAI
Season 2, Ep. 17
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Hosts Sophie and Jenay talk with guests from the California State University system and OpenAI to unpack the largest ChatGPT deployment by a single organization to date. The conversation covers deployment goals, implementation and rollout strategies, cultural lessons, and the metrics for scaling artificial intelligence access across the system's twenty-three campuses.
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