On Jan. 18, ASU became the first university to partner with OpenAI. Lev Gonick, Chief Information Officer of Enterprise Technology, and Anne Jones, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, spoke about the current progress and future hopes for the OpenAI partnership. According to Gonick, the ultimate goal is to leverage the technology to advance the mission outlined in the ASU charter. "In fact, that's the answer to almost any question about when we engage with partnerships with other companies," Gonick said. "When we met with the team at OpenAI, there was this rather interesting moment where, describing the ASU charter to them, they were reflecting back and saying this was very much, with a couple of changes, the goals they had for their company."
