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Are there some regulatory reasons why it would not be available? It seems weird if Google would intentionally block users merely to block them.

• mrandish 3y ago
  I think there are still some pretty onerous laws about French localization of products and services made available in the French-speaking part of Canada. Could be that...
  • simonerlic 3y ago
    I originally thought so too, but as far as I know Bard is available in France- so I have a feeling that language isn't the roadblock here.
    • dpwm 3y ago
      Can confirm Bard is available in France and the UI has been translated to French.
• wadefletch 3y ago
  There's a proposed framework[1] in the EU that's rather restrictive. Seems like they're just not even bothering, perhaps to make a point. [1] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory...
• ComputerGuru 3y ago
  Google and Facebook were, up until just a couple of days ago, in a cold war within the Canadian government.
  • peanuty1 3y ago
    Google made a deal to pay 100M/year to news organizations in Canada but Meta is continuing to block news links.
    • jart 3y ago
      You'd think Google would devote its resources to improve search, but instead they're paying journalists (who hate tech) to forge the very chains that bind us.