The release of ChatGPT represented the fastest spread of adoption of a new technology in the history of our human species. Schools around the world have found themselves largely unprepared to effectively navigate these new challenges and opportunities. The chatbot studies initiative of the Evolving Schools Community Science Journal is a call for contributions to a global open community science effort to generate and shape the future of educational chatbot competencies related to understanding the human condition and planetary sustainability through interdisciplinary scientific perspectives.