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LSE has announced a new partnership with leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety and research company Anthropic, to provide all LSE students with access to its 'Claude' AI technology.
From next month, LSE students will have free access to Anthropic’s ‘Claude for Education’, a version of their state-of-the-art AI assistant designed for higher education use, which helps students by guiding their reasoning process, rather than simply providing answers.
The new partnership will widen technological access across the entire LSE student community. It will also help to advance critical discussions about the responsible development of AI in education, with an additional 250 licenses available for academic staff working in this area.
This initiative, piloted for 12-months, further strengthens the School’s prominent role in considering the implications of AI in higher education, society, and the world. LSE is one of only a small group of universities initially working with Anthropic as it develops frameworks for AI in education and understanding its wider societal implications.
The partnership also comes shortly after LSE’s announcement of the new AI and Education Fellowship, funded by Visiting Senior Fellow Reid Hoffman. These fellowships enable academics to explore innovative approaches to integrating AI into teaching while maintaining the School's emphasis on rigorous intellectual inquiry.
Other notable developments include the upcoming ‘Global Approaches to Generative AI in Higher Education’ conference, co-hosted with Peking University, and LSE’s 2025 Festival, Visions for the Future, which asks how AI, new technologies and innovation will shape our societies.
Commenting on the new partnership, Professor Larry Kramer, LSE President and Vice Chancellor said:
“Since our founding, LSE has been at the forefront of understanding social change and seeking solutions to real world challenges. This new partnership is part of that mission. As social scientists, we are in a unique position to understand and shape how AI can positively transform education and society.
“Student scholars are also central to this, and I look forward to seeing how this partnership benefits our community, enables innovation in education and supports broader School ambitions to build world-class, AI-enhanced infrastructure and skills development at LSE.”