One thing Microsoft got right with Bing AI was democratized access - in terms of countries and language. Only barrier to using Bing AI was getting onto Microsof

One thing Microsoft got right with Bing AI was democratized access - in terms of countries and language. Only barrier to using Bing AI was getting onto Microsoft ecosystem - which is understandable considering they are still an underdog in search. Google keeping Bard limited to US and UK is only signaling a lack of confidence. If not, then it means having country bias in product release priority which looks worse than confidence.