Use ChatGPT for Free with Seoul Learn... Nine Paid AI Models Supported for 1,000 Students

"Seoul Learn AI" Service... Including Claude and Gemini
Applications Open on June 9; 20,000 Won Monthly Support per Person
AI Ethics Guideline Training and Competency Assessment Every Three Months

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will support paid generative artificial intelligence (AI) services for Seoul Learn members who are high school students or older. Nine types of paid AI services, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, will be offered, with up to 1,000 participants selected to receive support for up to nine months.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on June 9, the newly established "Seoul Learn AI" platform allows users to access nine paid AI models—ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Grok, and Upstage—without separate registration. Users can select and utilize the most suitable AI model according to their work objectives.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will not only provide access to the service, but also offer AI ethics guideline training and conduct AI competency assessments every three months. The plan is to systematically foster students' self-directed learning abilities, critical thinking to discern digital information, and responsible AI usage skills.

In particular, the goal is to position generative AI not merely as an answer tool, but as a "thinking tool" centered on learners throughout the entire process of planning, execution, and validation. According to the city, students will be able to strengthen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills by collaborating with AI on various assignments such as writing and organizing research materials, designing experiments, learning to code, communicating in multiple languages, and creating visual aids.

The AI ethics guidelines include five core principles: ▲ protecting personal information ▲ using AI honestly ▲ verifying facts ▲ recognizing bias ▲ making independent judgments. The guidelines are designed to help students recognize the limitations of generative AI, such as hallucination—when AI fabricates plausible-sounding but false information—and biased responses.

The AI competency assessment will be conducted prior to service use and then every three months to measure changes. The assessment consists of 13 questions about AI usage, awareness, technical understanding, and critical evaluation skills, as well as five questions to assess ethical judgment abilities.

Practical templates that can be immediately utilized for learning and daily life will also be provided. In addition to curriculum-based templates such as creating English vocabulary lists, expert writing correction, and understanding mathematical formulas, the city will continue to supplement and expand practical templates that help improve literacy and organize or create materials.

Students can use the provided templates as they are or modify them as needed to develop their own learning tools. Core generative AI features such as image generation, text extraction, and document translation or creation are also offered, enabling students to use AI for tasks like writing reports, planning experiments, and building career exploration portfolios.

Applications for participation will be accepted from today until June 26. Up to 1,000 high school students or older will be recruited on a first-come, first-served basis, and final selection will be made among applicants who complete both the AI ethics guideline training and the preliminary AI competency assessment. Applications can be submitted on the Seoul Learn website.

Selected students will receive a voucher worth 20,000 won per month (10,000 credits) for up to nine months. Credit consumption will vary depending on the type of work: general AI conversation uses about 1–10 credits, conversation with file attachments about 40–50 credits, and image generation about 100–300 credits. Jinwoo Jung, Director of Lifelong Education at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, stated, "Seoul Learn AI is a tailored service to help students learn and use generative AI safely and intelligently. We will support students so they can apply the latest generative AI to their studies in a reliable environment without financial burden and design their own growth."

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