By Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj ( August 25, 2026, 09:30 GMT | Insight) -- Thailand is preparing to give as many as 5 million citizens government-funded access to more than 30 generative-AI models, including OpenAI's GPT, Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini and xAI's Grok, through its TH-AI Passport program launching Aug. 31. The government says personal and usage data will be stored and processed domestically, while content sent to foreign AI providers will be screened for personal or sensitive information. Those providers won't be allowed to retain the information or use it to train their models.Thailand is preparing to give as many as 5 million citizens government-funded access to more than 30 generative-AI models, including major foreign models, when its TH-AI Passport program launches on Aug. 31, while seeking to keep users' personal data under domestic safeguards....
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