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Re: Bard now open to use

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Post by gpm »

nevi-me wrote: post #15
MegaDeKay wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Google Bard now open to use..." in the USA only, apparently. At least it is not working north of the border yet.

I'm in South Africa and I'm able to use it. Not connected to a VPN, and I've just checked that my public IP is my static IP address. They announced that it's now available in 180+ countries in English.

I'm in Canada (apparently like MegaDeKay) and unable to use it.

Either that 180+ country rollout isn't complete, or I guess they have something against Canada('s laws) in particular.

Edit: Amusingly using a VPS provided by google as a proxy is enough to get around this.

Re: Bard now open to use

#42

Post by JLCarveth »

RamblingCTO wrote: post #23

> Bard isn’t currently supported in your country. Stay tuned! Lol, I'm in Germany :D I was wondering where all the people saying the same came from. Apparently not any country with an embargo, that was my theory.

I am Canadian and can't access it either.

Re: Bard now open to use

#43

Post by VWWHFSfQ »

withinboredom wrote: post #28
kyrra wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem of being a massive company is that everyone wants to sue you. They could want to sue you for money. Or maybe sue you because they think you are bad. Whatever the reason, when you're Google's size, you need to make sure you're compliant with every local regulation before you launch anything or someone may come after you. Googler, opinions are my own.

Such a US-centric way of thinking. Not every country is as sue-happy as the US.

What absolute nonsense.

This is a list of countries just off the top of my head that has sued Google in the last decade:

    United States
    European Union (which consists of multiple member states)
    Australia
    France
    Germany
    Italy
    Spain
    Russia
    India
    Brazil
    South Korea
    Turkey
    Canada

Re: Bard now open to use

#44

Post by mywittyname »

withinboredom wrote: post #28
kyrra wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem of being a massive company is that everyone wants to sue you. They could want to sue you for money. Or maybe sue you because they think you are bad. Whatever the reason, when you're Google's size, you need to make sure you're compliant with every local regulation before you launch anything or someone may come after you. Googler, opinions are my own.

Such a US-centric way of thinking. Not every country is as sue-happy as the US.

The billions of dollars in fines that EU countries have levied against Google for various complaints in the past decade or so indicate the opposite.

Re: Bard now open to use

#46

Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

nr2x wrote: post #12
Animats wrote: post #3

"Sign in". This seems to be the future - search engines that require sign-in.

It’s just a back door to obtaining “consent” for tracking and to leverage other data about you for ads.

As much as I despise the tracking that happens, I don't see how this isn't a valid form of consent. Don't make a Google account and agree to Google's terms for making the account, or do and understand that consent has been provided.

Re: Bard now open to use

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Post by blakesterz »

qwertox wrote: post #29
sowbug wrote: post #8

Bard isn’t supported for this account. If you’re signed in to a Google Workspace account, your admin may not have enabled access to Bard. My vanity domain. Now off to find my admin credentials and likely discover that the workspace setting isn't available yet.

You'll have to enable Apps > Additional Google services > Settings for Early Access Apps > Core Data Access Permissions -> Allow users at your organization to access Google Workspace and Customer Data using Early Access apps. This doesn't enable Bard per-se, but enables your Workspace for these new AI things, which should include Bard. I can't access Bard on my domain account due to the existing country limitations (…

THANKS!! Thanks for that, seems to have done the trick for me too.

Re: Bard now open to use

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Post by waboremo »

johneth wrote: post #14
MegaDeKay wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Google Bard now open to use..." in the USA only, apparently. At least it is not working north of the border yet.

Seems to also work in the UK.

UK and US were the only countries with Bard access before today iirc!

Re: Bard now open to use

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Post by kleiba »

xxpor wrote: post #33
skinkestek wrote: post #4

> Bard isn’t currently supported in your country. Stay tuned! When Google was a startup and even a decade in they managed to treat everyone the same. Today this has went backwards like everything else Google it seems.

GDPR didn't exist when Google was a startup.

Google probably played a central part in why the GDPR came into existence.
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