Trump is all over the place on this war, it’s kind of impossible to keep track of his position on it.

Also it’s much easier to triple a small number than a big one.

Yeah. That makes sense. But given the extract of the article says the uk didn’t take it seriously makes it seem that this “discussion” probably amounted to a proposal by openAI the uk asking how much, and then openAI giving a price. With no further discussion after that.

Those close to the discussion say Kyle never really took the idea seriously, not least because it could have cost as much as £2bn

It’s a non story. Sounds like someone from openai proposed it in a more broad conversation, the minister asked how much and that was it.

Nice steady revenue stream. I don’t think they’re profitable so are clearly looking for more money.

Those close to the discussion say Kyle never really took the idea seriously, not least because it could have cost as much as £2bn

Discussion

OpenAI: We could give everyone in the UK premium access for 2 billion a year.

Minister: Lol fuck off.

end discussion

Media

Look how the government is discussing wasting money on this they’ll do cuts and raise taxes.

But asking who he was helps me to know if it’s worth clicking.

You expect me to read an article about the death of some random guy I’ve never heard of?

Could someone explain to a non American who this was and what he did?

Ah ok. That makes sense where it came from then.

I think there was a lot of speculation and jokes about that’s what would happen next from people on here and other places.

They’ve said nothing of the sort.

With regards to this most people are just ignoring the law. VPN use has gone through the roof.

your neighbour, your cousin, or even your own wife!

Don’t forget your nan or granddad!

Jacob Ecclestone, 86, said: “I believe in freedom of speech. What this government is trying to do is deeply authoritarian. And it’s extremely dangerous.”

They need to do something to improve their communication. But this. Really?

As I understand it if a site doesn’t comply and fineing them isn’t an option Ofcom can apply for a court order to, indeed, compell ISPs to block them.

Then it just gets blocked in the uk and you’re back to having to use a vpn.

That wouldn’t solve anything

how much effort they put on showing the world the consequences of extremely stupid acts so the rest don’t have to do it.

Kinda sucks to be the world’s policy alpha tester though.

You think given how well thought through this online safety act has been that they’ll understand that would be an issue and legislate accordingly?