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Re: Bard now open to use

#71

> 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.

A decade ago GDPR didn't exist.

Legislation has consequences.

Re: Bard now open to use

#72

> 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.

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

Doesn't work in Austria and Slovakia.

Re: Bard now open to use

#73

> 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.

A decade ago GDPR didn't exist. Legislation has consequences.

It’s not just Europe that’s blocked

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#76
Hah, this isn't surprising: An internal leaked Google document (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322) a couple days ago pretty much pushed the idea. Still interesting to see the action follow so short afterwards.

Three quotes from the document:

- "Owning the Ecosystem: Letting Open Source Work for Us"

- "Google should establish itself a leader in the open source community, taking the lead by cooperating with, rather than ignoring, the broader conversation."

- "Open source alternatives can and will eventually eclipse them [OpenAI] unless they change their stance. In this respect, at least, we can make the first move."

EDIT: Misread "open to use" as "open source" and figured it was behind a signup. Sorry, my fault + maybe wishful thinking.

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#77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The members of the EU are countries, not states (& the EU itself is a political/economic alliance, not a country).

"State" in this context is the same as the state in "head of state," AKA "a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government." Other examples of this usage are "nation-state" and "city-state."

It is common to refer to the members of the EU as "member states."

Re: Bard now open to use

#78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A decade ago GDPR didn't exist. Legislation has consequences.

It’s not just Europe that’s blocked

GDPR was just an example. I was suggesting that the 2023 regulatory environment looks very dissimilar to the 2013 one. The company is bigger and is a bigger target of lawsuits as well and there's some precedent that European rollouts will be more difficult (like with Italy's ChatGPT ban).

Though the release does say 180 countries and with rollouts like this it tends to be staged so I wouldn't be surprised if some folks in this thread (i.e.. the person from Canada) are just hitting a cache.

Re: Bard now open to use

#79

> 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.

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

Works in India

Re: Bard now open to use

#80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The members of the EU are countries, not states (& the EU itself is a political/economic alliance, not a country).

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