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> Claude 2 powers our chat experience, and is generally available in the US and UK. We are working to make Claude more globally available in the coming months.

> Claude 2 powers our chat experience, and is generally available in the US and UK. We are working to make Claude more globally available in the coming months. I wonder why LLMs like GPT-4, Bard and Claude are so geo restricted at first? I understand some places have regulatory challenges but can’t see SG, UAE, or Chile being too difficult.

gkk 3y ago
I'd guess Anthropic considers these 2nd tier markets, so it's not a question whether it's too difficult but whether it's a priority at the moment.
disgruntledphd2 3y ago
I would say that they want English language only, and not EU. The hilarious part of that is that the UK has basically all the regulations that they are probably worried about.
- spiderfarmer 3y ago
  Even more hilarious is that everyone in their target audience speaks English.
londons_explore 3y ago
They want places with tech startups who will pay for their API. Thats where there is lots of money to be made. And if they are GPU constrained, then launching in the countries with the highest proportion of future paying customers makes sense.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> I wonder why LLMs like GPT-4, Bard and Claude are so geo restricted at first? Managing scale while maximizing profit potential? Also, US/UK probably lets them put their strongest linguistic foot forward initially, and there may be additional training done before rolling out to regions with other dominant languages. > I understand some places have regulatory challenges That’s probably not the main issue.
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redox99 3y ago
I don't think GPT4 was geo restricted?
agucova 3y ago
> I wonder why LLMs like GPT-4, Bard and Claude are so geo restricted at first? I understand some places have regulatory challenges but can’t see SG, UAE, or Chile being too difficult. I'm amused by the inclusion of Chile in this list. I'm a Chilean and I do have access, but through the Anthropic Console, as I already had API Access.
jiggawatts 3y ago
It made me laugh when Google announced how strong Bard 2 is at over a hundred human languages and then restricted the deployed chat app to like… three. That’s not even region locking, it’s capability locking while simultaneously advertising that very thing!

gkk 3y ago

I'd guess Anthropic considers these 2nd tier markets, so it's not a question whether it's too difficult but whether it's a priority at the moment.

disgruntledphd2 3y ago

I would say that they want English language only, and not EU. The hilarious part of that is that the UK has basically all the regulations that they are probably worried about.

spiderfarmer 3y ago
Even more hilarious is that everyone in their target audience speaks English.

londons_explore 3y ago

They want places with tech startups who will pay for their API. Thats where there is lots of money to be made. And if they are GPU constrained, then launching in the countries with the highest proportion of future paying customers makes sense.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> I wonder why LLMs like GPT-4, Bard and Claude are so geo restricted at first? Managing scale while maximizing profit potential? Also, US/UK probably lets them put their strongest linguistic foot forward initially, and there may be additional training done before rolling out to regions with other dominant languages. > I understand some places have regulatory challenges That’s probably not the main issue.

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redox99 3y ago

I don't think GPT4 was geo restricted?

agucova 3y ago

> I wonder why LLMs like GPT-4, Bard and Claude are so geo restricted at first? I understand some places have regulatory challenges but can’t see SG, UAE, or Chile being too difficult. I'm amused by the inclusion of Chile in this list. I'm a Chilean and I do have access, but through the Anthropic Console, as I already had API Access.

jiggawatts 3y ago

It made me laugh when Google announced how strong Bard 2 is at over a hundred human languages and then restricted the deployed chat app to like… three. That’s not even region locking, it’s capability locking while simultaneously advertising that very thing!