More than 20,000 transitioning servicemembers and veterans have claimed ChatGPT Plus for a year at no cost over the past year, according to OpenAI. The company is continuing related training, with a November 17 virtual session scheduled to last 30 minutes. OpenAI credits ID.me with helping veterans and servicemembers obtain access through the offer.
The subscription effort has reached substantially more people than the accompanying training: OpenAI reports nearly 1,000 military community participants across more than a dozen sessions hosted with its partners. Seven additional trainings are scheduled before the end of the year, the company says. Other upcoming events include an NPower session in St. Louis on November 12 and a November 14 Nashville event involving Veterans Forge and Wounded Warrior Project.
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OpenAI describes participants using ChatGPT for interview practice, job searches and translating military experience into language civilian employers can understand. Air Force veteran Tilak Bhatnagar prepared for a dozen interviews and compared job offers using his free subscription before accepting a job with a technology company, according to OpenAI. He also used the conversations to examine his priorities for life after active duty.
Another Air Force veteran, Sadarian Bell, began preparing more than a year before leaving military service and used ChatGPT to turn almost a decade of healthcare experience into a civilian résumé. He practiced spoken interview answers with ChatGPT voice mode, taking questions individually, according to OpenAI. Navy veteran Kelli Ramirez used the tool for organizing book ideas and navigating Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, and has since published two books.
OpenAI Academy recently completed an initial series of six events with Veterans Forge for veterans and military families. A workshop in Reston, Virginia, drew nearly 100 veterans and active-duty servicemembers, while three sessions at the American Legion national convention in Louisville, Kentucky, attracted more than 80 Legionnaires. OpenAI also offers a veterans collection online and a resource called 100 chats for veterans for independent practice.
The military training effort follows OpenAI's November 10 announcement of free practical ChatGPT workshops for caregivers across five U.S. cities. Further military community events are scheduled with NPower in Dallas on November 19 and San Antonio on November 21.
