Helping older adults use AI in everyday life
OpenAI and AARP's OATS launch the Older Adults AI Skills Jam, a free program teaching seniors to use ChatGPT and spot scams.
OpenAI Academy, with Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP, is hosting in-person AI Skills Jam events in 10 US communities as part of a multi-year Senior Planet program. OpenAI says the share of US ChatGPT messages from people 55+ grew from 6% to nearly 10% in a year. The workshops include scam-awareness training, teaching warning signs like urgent language and suspicious links, and note that users ask ChatGPT tens of millions of times weekly to evaluate suspicious messages.
- Free in-person sessions held in 10 US communities with local partners like Senior Planet and public libraries.
- US ChatGPT message share from users 55+ rose from 6% to nearly 10% year over year.
- Workshops teach scam warning signs: urgent language, secrecy, suspicious links, and a pause-think-ask rule.
- Part of OpenAI Academy's broader AI literacy efforts with nonprofits, small businesses, and K-12 educators.
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OpenAI and AARP are bringing free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops to 1,000 older adults across 10 U. S. cities to build practical AI skills safely.
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