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[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Americans will get this before free healthcare.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

According to the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, the course is designed to help people understand what AI is, what it can and cannot do, and how to use it responsibly at home and at work.

So now they need to explain people why they need AI.

In September 2025, OpenAI announced a partnership with the Greek government to bring its technology to secondary schools and start-ups across the country.

I didn't know Greece plans to give digital drugs to children for free.

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

Wow, this is state-level data harvesting agreements with private companies, in action. 100% they get access to "anonymized" usage data.

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is ChatGPT Plus really important ?

[–] zemo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago
[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sounds like citizens of malta can now train chatgpt for free now

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Naw, they won't be satisfied until you pay to train their AI.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't hear much about Malta, the last thing that sticks out in my mind was the Journalist investigating the Panama Papers and local ties that got car bombed.

I'm getting the impression that rich criminal neo-liberals have a lot of sway there.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 day ago

It’s weird that something so revolutionary has to be shoved into people’s faces to be successful.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Citizens and residents registered with Malta’s online identity system can apply to get access to ChatGPT Plus

What's the benefit because that just sounds like a shit sandwich

[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Let's offload a whole country's cognitive load and see what happens! Why not?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

isn't Malta filled and powered by some of the worlds richest and most corrupt men?

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago

I’ve only ever met one person from Malta, 20+ years ago at a strip club in Portland. He had a lot of money to throw around, kept buying everyone drinks, then invited some of us and some strippers back to his hotel. We drank some more, did some coke. The next morning I stumbled out of the wreckage to head back to my hotel and found him standing in the middle of a skywalk, wearing just chonies and a bedsheet bandana, talking with his butt like Ace Ventura, flinging sausages he’d swiped from the breakfast lounge, declaring “the great ass gives you sausage!” 🤷‍♂️

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s also associated with crusaders- it was one of the last strongholds of the Knights Hospitaliers after they looted everything. Which might’s be part of why

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's also got a tax system that treats private jets favourably IIRC. Or maybe it was yachts.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most watercraft that are dodging shit are usually registered in Seychelles. I'm sure some are also registered in Malta too, but the VAST majority are Seychelles.

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

why?

And what is their power grid running on goat turds? Because I'm pretty sure there is an energy crisis in that part of the world.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/power-and-energy/maltas-energy-system

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

And what is their power grid running on goat turds? Because I’m pretty sure there is an energy crisis in that part of the world.

ChatGPT would most likely connect to US servers.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The article doesn't say anything about them running an AI data center. No one is making that claim.

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Okay then, we’re is the data center servicing them or internet servers for Malta?

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

They're not building AI data centers in nice places like Malta or Europe. They're all clustered in the backwards shit hole country between Canada and Mexico.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Apparently Malta already has the Internet. Surprising, I know.

"Offers", hmm? Gotta wonder what the elected officials backing this were offered. 🤮

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 4 points 1 day ago

PISS country I guess