Sam Altman met Peter Kyle in San Francisco to explore a potential nationwide deal giving UK residents premium access to ChatGPT. The proposal could have cost up to £2bn and was reportedly not pursued seriously by Kyle. The meetings illustrate Kyle's active promotion of AI and willingness to form partnerships with private firms. A non-binding July agreement could allow OpenAI access to government data and potential deployment across education, defence, security and the justice system. OpenAI offers free and paid ChatGPT versions; ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per month and provides faster responses and priority features.
Sam Altman, a co-founder of OpenAI, talked to Peter Kyle about a potential agreement to give UK residents access to its advanced product. According to two sources with direct knowledge of the meeting, the idea was floated as part of a broader discussion in San Francisco about opportunities for collaboration between OpenAI and the UK. Those close to the discussion say Kyle never really took the idea seriously, not least because it could have cost as much as 2bn.
But the talks show the enthusiasm with which the technology secretary has embraced the artificial intelligence sector, despite concerns over the accuracy of some chatbot responses and implications for privacy and copyright. OpenAI offers free and subscription versions of ChatGPT. The paid version, ChatGPT Plus, costs $20 a month and gives users faster response times and priority access to new features.
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