OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Plus subcription to a whole country
OpenAI has partnered with Malta to provide ChatGPT Plus access to all citizens and residents for one year. This initiative, called 'AI for All,' requires participants to complete a free AI literacy course. The program aims to position Malta as a nationwide AI adoption experiment.
- ▪OpenAI's partnership with Malta is its first nationwide initiative of this kind.
- ▪Residents must complete a government-backed AI training course to access ChatGPT Plus.
- ▪The rollout begins this month and includes Maltese citizens living abroad.
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ChatGPT Plus used to feel like one of those optional internet subscriptions people quietly justified to themselves every month. Now, OpenAI is partnering with governments to roll it out at a national level, which honestly feels like a very different conversation altogether. Unsplash OpenAI has officially announced a partnership with Malta that will provide ChatGPT Plus access to all Maltese citizens and residents for one year after they complete a free AI literacy course. The initiative, called “AI for All,” is being developed alongside the University of Malta and is being described as the company’s first nationwide partnership of this kind.
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