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On Wednesday, Google detailed the evolution of its Bard conversational AI assistant, together with PaLM 2 and expanded availability. The listing of 180 supported international locations and territories excludes Canada and the entire European Union’s (EU) 27 member states. Because the world grapples with how one can juggle the explosive development of generative AI chatbots alongside consumer privateness, there’s suspicion that the EU’s Normal Information Safety Regulation (GDPR) is on the heart of the omission.
Google’s I/O occasion this week included flashy bulletins round AI developments and increasing Bard entry with added Japanese and Korean language help. Nevertheless, some folks shortly seen that EU international locations and The Nice White North weren’t a part of the information. This might change, as Google’s help web page says the corporate will “steadily increase to extra international locations and territories in a approach that’s in line with native rules and our AI rules.”
Within the meantime, Google hasn’t defined why it is not but bringing Bard to the EU, Canada, or every other excluded geography. Nevertheless, the EU options extra stringent information safety and consumer privateness insurance policies than Google’s homeland. And the EU’s AI regulatory panorama is getting ready to transformation.
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