On Christmas day at 2am, like thousands of other users of OpenAI’s services across Europe, I received an email notifying me of a change in its terms and conditions applicable from February 15. The new version of the company’s terms of use introduces changes from the very first paragraphs. Where users of artificial-intelligence applications like the text bot ChatGPT or the image generator Dall-E previously accessed those services from the US company OpenAI LLC, the new terms and conditions tell those located in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland: “Our services are provided to you by OpenAI Ireland Ltd,…