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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by pembrook »

foxfired wrote: post #110

We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate. I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work."…

You do understand if every person in Malta were to use chatgpt regularly it wouldn’t even show up as a blip on their MAU chart

Cue up the next cynical bad take.

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Post by tomwojcik »

vasco wrote: post #130
tomwojcik wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Malta makes money with igaming and money laundering. There's literally no other businesses there, other than basic necessities, and even these barely work. It's only focused on entertainment. They import food and water. Malta is very hot during the summer. There's AC unit everywhere and it's a default cooling unit as well, as there's no "European winter" there. Everyone collects rain water and stores it on the roof.…

You forgot tourism which is their largest money maker.

Tourism is relatively big there but only relatively to the population numbers. I'd argue gambling contributes more to the GDP, while tourism only keeps the light on on the economy. Tourism allows the citizens to make money but it's a small country so it doesn't scale. Gambling scales globally.

I have no numbers to back this up.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by ruszki »

bingaweek wrote: post #114
gmerc wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks Ivan

The overt hatred people here feel for Russians would make an antisemite blush. This is on the same level as calling random people Schlomo.

Hay, my nickname means “Russian”. And my real country of origin - Hungary was also not ideal until recently. I’ve heard a single instance in the past 40 years, that any of these caused any hatred showed up. And it didn’t even happen to me.

It’s nowhere near what my brother got because he has a darker complexion, and looks like a stereotypical Arab from far away.

So, are you sure that this hatred against the common folks?

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by rchaud »

exabrial wrote: post #85

Gosh how generous of malta government officials to transfer those tax earnings straight to the 1%ers pockets

The EU is probably footing the bill for most of it. Part of the funding Malta receives goes towards "digital projects" along with green tech and SME support.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by weird-eye-issue »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #97
weird-eye-issue wrote: post #69

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If only it came with YouTube Premium... Most of that list is just AI in existing products which is not all that interesting. You get better value and models through ChatGPT or Claude especially if you are a developer

It does come with a discount for YouTube Premium.

I use a workspace account in order to have my own domain and it seems like Google AI Pro is not even an option for me lol

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by chrisandchris »

tomwojcik wrote: post #132
vasco wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot tourism which is their largest money maker.

Tourism is relatively big there but only relatively to the population numbers. I'd argue gambling contributes more to the GDP, while tourism only keeps the light on on the economy. Tourism allows the citizens to make money but it's a small country so it doesn't scale. Gambling scales globally. I have no numbers to back this up.

But the internet does, and it is 12% for gambling, against 15-25% for tourism (whichever source you believe).

[1] https://timesofmalta.com/article/the-15-billion-question-is-...

[2] https://www.emcs.com.mt/emcs-tourism-malta-economy/

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by purrcat259 »

tomwojcik wrote: post #125
zitterbewegung wrote: post #5

Would be interesting long term if this sways public opinion about data centers in Malta. I do support though AI literacy in general and this is a good step. Would wonder about the deal in how much this is actually costing Malta if at all.

Malta makes money with igaming and money laundering. There's literally no other businesses there, other than basic necessities, and even these barely work. It's only focused on entertainment. They import food and water. Malta is very hot during the summer. There's AC unit everywhere and it's a default cooling unit as well, as there's no "European winter" there. Everyone collects rain water and stores it on the roof.…

Literally no one I know in the 30+ years I have been here collects rainwater on their roof. Whats your source, r/malta?
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