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The academic research tag covers news and guidance on AI tools used by university researchers and students. It includes OpenAI’s program offering free ChatGPT and Codex access to qualifying scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, with expanded usage limits and access to advanced models through 2027. Other coverage compares free tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, NotebookLM, Grammarly, Quizlet AI, and Microsoft Copilot for research discovery, studying, writing, revision, transcription, and productivity. The tag focuses on practical differences between these services and how their strengths may fit academic tasks, rather than presenting a single tool as the best choice for everyone.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Research Asia Singapore Year One: NUS AI Projects, CVPR Paper and Healthcare Gaps

    Microsoft Research doesn't usually throw birthday parties in public. When it does, it's worth looking at what was actually delivered and what is still a plan. On September 28, 2026, the company published a first-year progress report on Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore (MSRA – Singapore). The...
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    OpenAI Offers 100,000 Researchers Free ChatGPT and Codex Access

    OpenAI has opened applications for ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, a program that will provide free access to its frontier models and tools for 100,000 scientists, mathematicians, and engineers through 2027. The first 10,000 researchers are due to receive access this summer, making the...
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    Best Free AI Tools for Students: Perplexity, NotebookLM and Copilot

    Academia Magazine’s 2026 guide names ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, Grammarly, NotebookLM, Canva AI, QuillBot, Quizlet AI, Otter.ai, and Microsoft Copilot as ten AI tools students may consider for tutoring, research, writing, revision, transcription, design, and productivity. The direct...