The ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026 comprises 26 student innovators who adopted ChatGPT as undergraduates and now use the tool across campus and community projects. Members of the cohort arrived on campus in fall 2022 and have since integrated the conversational AI into a range of activities, positioning themselves as early adopters who learned with and alongside the technology throughout their college experience.
Cohort members applied ChatGPT to practical problems their peers face: they built study tools to support coursework and exam preparation, translated mental‑health resources to broaden access for diverse students, contributed to scientific research initiatives, and designed accessibility features to make campus resources more usable for students with disabilities. Each area reflects a different kind of classroom — to-community translation, with students adapting the same underlying model to tutoring, communications, research assistance and inclusive design.
The program’s organizers describe this group as the first cohort to start and finish college with ChatGPT as part of their undergraduate experience. Observers note that many members used AI to attempt new kinds of work rather than to avoid tasks, a pattern the organizers present as indicative of shifting norms around study habits, project ambitions and early career preparation. That framing highlights how students are experimenting with AI not only to speed existing workflows but to expand what they attempt to do.
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