OpenAI signs deal with Malta government for first national rollout of free ChatGPT Plus after residents complete an AI literacy course
Announced May 16 2026, the AI for All program begins in May and uses a University of Malta course on fundamentals and responsible use.
#19Greg Brockman@GDBCountrywide ChatGPT Plus access for Malta:
Reuters@ReutersOpenAI seals deal in Malta to give all Maltese access to ChatGPT Plus http://reut.rs/4drXSf3 http://reut.rs/4drXSf3
@gdb @dvassallo big bet or a small bet?
Greg Brockman@gdbCountrywide ChatGPT Plus access for Malta:
#1496Chubby♨️@KIMMONISMUSMalta just became the first country to offer ChatGPT Plus to every citizen - free for a year.
The only requirement: complete an AI literacy course first.
The course was built by the University of Malta, not by OpenAI. So it's not a vendor training citizens to use vendor products. It's a national institution teaching AI fundamentals, with tool access as the incentive to finish.
Honest take: I find this a very exciting project. I'm curious about the results, how it will affect AI usage and the intelligence of young people.
Source: official OpenAI blogpost https://openai.com/index/malta-chatgpt-plus-partnership/
Chubby♨️@kimmonismusMalta just became the first country to offer ChatGPT Plus to every citizen - free for a year. The only requirement: complete an AI literacy course first. The course was built by the University of Malta, not by OpenAI. So it's not a vendor training citizens to use vendor products. It's a national institution teaching AI fundamentals, with tool access as the incentive to finish. Honest take: I find this a very exciting project. I'm curious about the results, how it will affect AI usage and the intelligence of young people.
#1674xlr8harder@XLR8HARDERThis is more interesting than the article suggests. Maltese is an extremely low resource language with only 400k speakers.
I'd be curious to hear from any Maltese speakers how well these models handle Maltese.
Reuters@ReutersOpenAI seals deal in Malta to give all Maltese access to ChatGPT Plus http://reut.rs/4drXSf3 http://reut.rs/4drXSf3
One consequence of this could be that OpenAI gets a bunch of unique Maltese data from users.
I wonder if there are any data deals as part of this agreement, in either direction.
xlr8harder@xlr8harderThis is more interesting than the article suggests. Maltese is an extremely low resource language with only 400k speakers. I'd be curious to hear from any Maltese speakers how well these models handle Maltese.
