ChatGPT 5 Thinking Mini Now Available to the Duke Community

The Duke community can now experience ChatGPT 5 Thinking Mini at no additional cost through standard ChatGPT Edu accounts in Duke’s workspace.

No upgrade or additional action is required. Just login as usual and start exploring. Try entering "think deeper" if you would like more in-depth responses.

What’s New?
ChatGPT Thinking Mini delivers faster responses, deeper reasoning, and improved accuracy, making your everyday AI experience sharper, quicker, and more powerful than ever.

Safe, Private, and Duke-Licensed
All undergraduate students—plus faculty, staff, and graduate/professional students in select departments—have free, secure access to ChatGPT under Duke’s institutional license. Duke’s partnership with OpenAI ensures that your conversations remain private and are never used to train OpenAI’s models. 

Need Something More Advanced?
For those who need expanded capabilities or more sophisticated models, premium ChatGPT accounts remain available and require a fund code for credit-based usage.

Learn more about ChatGPT 5 Thinking Mini at oit.duke.edu/service/chatgpt-edu.

Explore Duke’s full suite of AI tools at oit.duke.edu/ai-suite.