OpenAI Is Giving ChatGPT Plus Subcription to a Whole Country
The one-year access will follow a free AI literacy course developed with the University of Malta and open to citizens living abroad.
- OpenAI has officially announced a partnership with Malta that provides ChatGPT Plus access to all Maltese citizens for one year after completing a free AI literacy course. The rollout begins this month and includes citizens living abroad.
- Now, OpenAI is partnering with governments to roll out access at a national level, marking a shift from its origins as an optional consumer subscription. These programs position AI tools as essential public infrastructure rather than convenient digital products.
- Under the program, residents registered with Malta's digital identity system qualify for the service by completing training focused on responsible AI usage. The initiative, developed with the University in Malta, represents the company's first nationwide partnership of this kind.
- The UAE is also working with OpenAI through the Stargate UAE infrastructure partnership, with reports suggesting nationwide ChatGPT access is being explored there. This reflects how quickly AI platforms are evolving into services governments view as critical infrastructure.
- Once governments integrate specific AI platforms into public services, these tools shift from optional conveniences to deeply embedded digital dependencies. This reliance raises long-term questions about countries depending on a single company's AI ecosystem for critical infrastructure.
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The aim of the program is to make Maltese people as widely aware of the possibilities and uses of generative artificial intelligence as possible, as this can prove fruitful in both private life and business.
Malta will become the first country in the world to offer free one-year access to ChatGPT Plus, the advanced version of the chatbot developed by OpenAI, for all residents who complete a free course on the use of artificial intelligence.
The Mediterranean island nation of Malta has decided to provide its paid artificial intelligence (AI) service, ‘ChatGPT Plus,’ to all citizens for free. Malta is the first country in the world to distribute an AI service for free at a national level. This move is being interpreted as a national survival strategy aimed at the AI era for Malta, a small nation with a population of approximately 550,000.
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