Introducing

The Dotties

The OpenAI Impact Awards

The Dotties celebrate people using AI in creative ways to make a difference in their own lives and the world around them. See what they made, how it helped, and how you can try it too.

Explore the awards
A cyan blue cloud-shaped Dot in a black beret, made of soft plush, on a clear glass base with the OpenAI Blossom symbol and Creative Expression lettering. Proposed trophy design.

Find a category
for your project.

Not sure where to start? Ask your Dot

Start with what you enjoy, what you’re curious about, or something you’d like to make better. Your Dot can help you find an idea.

Paste it into your chat with your Dot to get ideas flowing.

Swipe to explore all eight

Your work,
recognized.

$10,000USD

A cash prize

A trophy

A plush Dot character
on a glass trophy base.

The yellow triangular Educational Impact Dot plush trophy, wearing round glasses and a black bow tie.

A year of ChatGPT Pro

Keep creating with 12 months of ChatGPT Pro.

Your Dot in ChatGPT

A personalized Dot styled to match your trophy.

Show your impact.

Your project can help one person or a whole community. Tell us what worked, what you learned, and how someone else could try it.

Impact

What positive difference did it make?

Show what changed, who it helped, and how you know. Share results, work samples, or specific feedback that helps explain the difference.

Creativity

What did you do differently?

Tell us about the choices, experiments, or unexpected connections that shaped your project.

Replicability

Could someone else follow or adapt your approach?

Share the tools, time, cost, and skills involved, with clear instructions and any limits others should know about.

A month to
build your idea.

The proposed student offer includes one free month of ChatGPT Pro to help you develop a project and prepare your awards entry.

Frequently asked questions.

What will you
make possible?

Enter your project

Tell us what you made, why it matters, and how others can try it.

  1. Describe the need, interest, or experience that led to your idea.

  2. Explain what you made, show an example, and describe how you used AI.

  3. Show what changed and share the results or feedback that helped you understand it.

  4. Share the instructions, prompts, or templates, along with the tools, cost, time, and skills involved.