United Kingdom, Aug. 25 -- ChatGPT reportedly offered to sell free access to its premium artificial intelligence (AI) tool to the UK.

It is claimed Sam Altman - the boss of OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT - and the UK's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle reportedly spoke about a £2 billion deal to give UK residents access to ChatGPT Plus.

The Guardian reports that two sources with "direct knowledge of the meeting" say the idea for the UK to get free access to the premium product was part of a collaboration discussion between OpenAI and the UK Government during Mr Kyle's trip to San Francisco, California, USA.

However, the publication claims that Mr. Kyle "never really took the idea seriously".

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