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The Guardian.

The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the UK technology secretary discussed a multibillion-pound deal to give the entire country premium access to the AI tool, the Guardian has learned.

Sam Altman, a co-founder of OpenAI, talked to Peter Kyle about a potential agreement to give UK residents access to its advanced product.

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[–] Dumhuvud@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

Jesus fucking Christ.

"Labour" btw

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile: country is cutting vital services for disabled people because there is a budget "hole"

The hole seems to be in some of our ministers fucking skulls.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

If they pull this off, OpenAI might just get the crown for the largest con ever. An entire country of marks.

[–] kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

isn't the UK going broke???? where will they get this money???

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why? It's insane to spend public money on this, especially when you're cutting everything else. Who does this help except for Sam Altman?