Bard Extensions

#1

Post by rbinv » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:13 AM UTC

Bard Extensions
bard.google.com

Re: Bard Extensions

#2

Post by voiceblue » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:41 AM UTC

The "extensions" link just leads to the bard homepage if you haven't both logged in and accepted terms.

Re: Bard Extensions

#3

Post by Valgrim » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:42 AM UTC

Okay so after 8 months, after being released in 48 languages and 238 countries, for some reason, Bard still isn't available in Canada?

This has to be a joke.

Re: Bard Extensions

#4

Post by raybb » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:43 AM UTC

Can bard actually create a calendar event for me yet or does it still just say that it will then not actually do anything?

Re: Bard Extensions

#5

Post by parker_mountain » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:44 AM UTC

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Okay so after 8 months, after being released in 48 languages and 238 countries, for some reason, Bard still isn't available in Canada? This has to be a joke.

Google says "regulatory uncertainty". It sounds like they're unhappy with Canadian regulators. Be thankful your government is giving them enough grief.

Re: Bard Extensions

#6

Post by vikingbeast » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:46 AM UTC

raybb wrote: post #4

Can bard actually create a calendar event for me yet or does it still just say that it will then not actually do anything?

I once asked it to page an on-call engineer. Hopefully they haven't wired that functionality up now.

Re: Bard Extensions

#7

Post by zitterbewegung » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:47 AM UTC

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Okay so after 8 months, after being released in 48 languages and 238 countries, for some reason, Bard still isn't available in Canada? This has to be a joke.

OpenAI has the luxury of being something like a startup while google really doesn’t want to make a project that costs them.

I use OpenAI as a tool but there is so much information that is inadvertently captured your regulators are doing the right thing.

Re: Bard Extensions

#8

Post by cipherself » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:53 AM UTC

raybb wrote: post #4

Can bard actually create a calendar event for me yet or does it still just say that it will then not actually do anything?

Nope, it can't create the events.

does it still just say that it will then not actually do anything?

It will now say:

  I can't directly create calendar events for you, but I can help you create a 
  calendar event description. Please provide me with the following information so 
  I can create a detailed description for you:

  * Event title
  * Event date and time
  * Event location
  * Event attendees (if applicable)
  * Event description
  * Any additional notes or reminders
  
  Once I have this information, I can provide you with a calendar event 
  description that you can then add to your calendar.

And if you provide that information, it'll just format it, add a few tokens and just display it to you.

Re: Bard Extensions

#9

Post by rishav_sharan » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:54 AM UTC

parker_mountain wrote: post #5

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Okay so after 8 months, after being released in 48 languages and 238 countries, for some reason, Bard still isn't available in Canada? This has to be a joke.

Google says "regulatory uncertainty". It sounds like they're unhappy with Canadian regulators. Be thankful your government is giving them enough grief.

Likely the Quebec privacy laws which are gdpr equivalent in many cases. This forces tech companies to create a different experience for Quebec vs rest of Canada. As neither have enough user size, it's often easier to skip Canada altogether till the team has the spare bandwidth for this.

Re: Bard Extensions

#10

Post by smoyer » Wed, Nov 22, 2023, 1:56 AM UTC

Valgrim wrote: post #3

Okay so after 8 months, after being released in 48 languages and 238 countries, for some reason, Bard still isn't available in Canada? This has to be a joke.

What is a Canada? More seriously, is there some regulatory reason that makes releasing it in Canada more difficult?