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- I asked ChatGPT about corruption levels in Malta and whether the technology companies pay bribes to officials to get contracts. It was honest in its response and said Malta has serious corruption levels by EU standards.
That answers my wondering of why on earth all citizens require a paid service of chatGPT.
by zkmon - > why on earth all citizens require a paid service of chatGPT
If all citizens use ChatGPT as search engine instead of Google, their ability to access information and defend against fake news (as of right now) will be significantly improved and we only shift privacy concerns from Google to Open AI, which does seem like the lesser evil.
by nsonha - General elections are currently happening in Malta. This is purely a vote for us will give you stuff scheme....by mmusc
- It's sobering to think that if every single person in Malta -- an entire country! -- signed up for ChatGPT and used it weekly, ChatGPT’s WAU would increase by only a few tenths of a percent.by lpolovets
- Only by around half a tenth of a percent.by layer8
- Malta has a population of 574,000 people. That's slightly more people than transit through the NYC metro area's airports on a daily basis.
Yes, ChatGPT has a large user base, but Malta's not a particularly meaningful datapoint in terms of the population size.
- Can't imagine the size of brown envelope. Handing over your entire nation's thoughts to a foreign company operating under US Cloud Act in normal circumstances would be considered a risk to national security. Why not invest in home grown talent and companies?by varispeed
- Worse than that, it's bi-directional. The model's responses and tuning now influences a whole nation of people.by morkalork
- Malta is the size of a small city, I don't think national security or investing into home grown companies comes into play here.
- All that data on all Malta citizens. Remember, if you're more paying, you're the productby sidcool
- > All that data on all Malta citizens. Remember, if you're more paying, you're the product
EU-created domestic software is no better
Actually it’s worse. You still surrender your data but get a worse user experience
by hello8402 - Not long ago nearly everyone in the anglosphere had a habit to talk to a pastor, revealing all the dirty secrets under the veil of anonymity. The Church was an incredibly informed organization. Today OpenAI & Anthrophic are re-creating a parody on that tradition: people talk to an AI pastor, under the veil of anonymity, and divulge their darkest secrets.by akomtu
- Remember, if the government says it's free it almost certainly means the people are actually paying for it.by zamadatix
- It's a one year free trial, after that it costs money.
- And only after a mandatory course, if I'm reading the article correctly.by Sophira
- What a great marketing campaign. How huge was the bribe from OpenAI to the Maltese government to sell out their citizens?by emsign
- I remember back in 2018 during peak crypto bubble the same class nick named Malta as the "Blockchain Island"by pera
- Well it’s still the low-tax promise (non-dom status)by rvnx
- It’s a voluntary two hour online AI course with 1 year ChatGPT premium reward. Getting AI basics to the people with playground.by sharpshadow
- Getting free data from every Maltese citizen rather.by emsign
- Some key data points, about Malta:
Malta is among Europe's leading adopters. The country ranks first for workplace AI usage and third overall for general AI adoption. Beyond AI, Malta also has one of the highest rates of social media usage in Europe.
This initiative is less about AI literacy or OpenAI and more reflective of the Malta government's policy of making technology accessible across all society.
It's not the first time either, in the early 2000s a similar partnership with Microsoft which provided heavily subsidized microsoft office licenses.
by chm02 - Curious how on every post about Malta, new accounts show up and post pro-Malta comments…by 9dev
- Malta is also a very small country. It has a population of around 500,00 and area of around 310 km2. These are roughly the size of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s not hard to have a high adoption rate if your entire population is so small.by sdfhbdf
- How is press freedom in Malta? Was everyone ever held responsible for the car bombing of Daphne?by bwb
- Next, maybe Anthropic can make Sicily an offer it can’t refuse.by hbarka
- Malta is a country, Sicily is a regionby nixass
- Buy Sicily? At least that would make moneyby dbbk
- I assume this is a joke about corruption.by hmottestad
- As long as death isn't on the line. They wouldn't want to fall for one of the classic blunders.
I'm just wondering when the US will finally put boots on the ground in Iran...
by BLKNSLVR - Anthropic has Iceland, OpenAI has Greece and now Malta.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-and-iceland-announc...
by frm88