Introduction Today the United Arab Emirates made a striking announcement: every citizen and resident will get free access to ChatGPT Plus, OpenAI’s premium AI chatbot. This isn’t a trial or a limited offer - it’s a full rollout, part of the UAE’s ambitious Stargate project aimed at building the world’s largest AI supercomputing cluster. It’s a bold step in a fast-moving AI race, and it’s already shaking up conversations about how AI should be accessible globally.

Just a couple of months ago, I reported that ChatGPT had crossed 100 million new weekly users between December and February. That was already staggering — more than the entire population of the UK jumping online with AI in a matter of weeks. But while I was off-grid on a family adventure along the West Coast of America (which I highly recommend, by the way), ChatGPT pulled off something even wilder.

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