According to a recent survey by the Digital Education Council, 86 percent of university students worldwide are using artificial intelligence to help with their coursework. This is a staggering statistic that is likely to have far-reaching implications for years to come. So it’s no surprise that a company like Anthropic has announced the launch of Claude for Education, an initiative that it says will allow universities to “play a key role in actively shaping the role of artificial intelligence in society.”
Claude for Education is based on a new learning mode that changes the way Anthropic chatbot interacts with users. With this feature, Claude will try to suggest solutions to students instead of giving a direct answer when asked a question. It will also use the Socratic method in conversations, asking questions like “What evidence supports your conclusion?” to push users toward understanding. All of this is powered by 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropic’s new hybrid reasoning model, and is connected to Claude’s Projects feature, which gives you the ability to organize chats around specific topics.
Claude for Education is available to all Pro users with an .edu email address. In addition, Anthropic has partnered with Northeastern University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Champlain College to make Claude available to all students at these institutions.
At the same time, the company is launching two new programs. The first, Claude Campus Ambassadors, gives students the opportunity to work directly with Anthropic to launch educational initiatives at their institutions. The second, meanwhile, involves Anthropic awarding API credits to students who work on projects involving Claude. Separately, the company says it will work with Instructure, the company that created the Canvas learning software, to expand universities’ access to the tools they use to integrate AI into their education.
