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I'm always fascinated to understand the "why" when something is allowed in the U.S. but not Canada. Especially so when it's also allowed in the U.K. We're basi
by Waterluvian 4y ago
I'm always fascinated to understand the "why" when something is allowed in the U.S. but not Canada. Especially so when it's also allowed in the U.K. We're basically a perfect (I'm sarcastically winking here) mix of those two countries!
I'm guessing it's purely regulatory?
- rcarmo 4y agoWell, you do have all those French-speaking people going out and about. And all those moose. The UK would have none of that, it would be untidy :)
- Waterluvian 4y agoActually joking aside, being unable to offer it in French makes some sense as to why they omit a region. Now I want to wander off and find a list of countries where English is the only official language.
- rcarmo 4y agoWell, Nigeria should qualify - it has hundreds of local dialects, but English is the only official language AFAIK.
- sebzim4500 4y agoAustralia springs to mind, and to the surprise of no-one Bard is not available in Australia. I really get the feeling that Google is terrified of success. They haven't launched a new sucessful product in God knows how long.
- AlanYx 4y agoIt's likely Part 3 of bill C-27 (the "Act respecting artificial intelligence systems and data used in artificial intelligence systems"). Google isn't going to launch Bard in Canada if they'll have to pull Bard once C-27 passes.
- rnosov 4y agoThere is a big AI division of Google located in the UK (DeepMind). Could be related to that.
- feyman_r 4y agoI’d think regulation would apply to Microsoft as well - don’t think that’s the reason for such a limited release.