AI Daily — May 17, 2026
2026-05-17
openai.com
OpenAI and Malta partner to bring ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
OpenAI has struck a national-level deal with Malta to provide ChatGPT Plus subscriptions and AI literacy training to all citizens, marking one of the first country-wide deployments of a frontier AI assistant. The partnership is framed around practical skill-building and responsible AI use at a population scale. This is a notable precedent for government-negotiated AI access agreements.