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by llm_nerd 868 days ago
>And as we've seen with today's announcement, which also excludes the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the UK

I'm unsure what this is referencing. Bard (and thus Gemini Pro) is available in all of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.

>OpenAI itself will just block Canada if the regulatory authorities get too aggressive

So Google has withheld Bard from Canada for a year+ because maybe at some future point Canada might have some burdensome AI legislation (if some toothless bills that are unlikely to ever receive ascent might take some future form eventually), and this is validated because OpenAI can withdraw their service if at some point Canada might have some burdensome AI legislation.

Okay.

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>I'm unsure what this is referencing. Bard (and thus Gemini Pro) is available in all of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.

I'm referring to today's release of Imagen2 within Bard. If you check the Google Support page, it says: "Image generation in Bard is available in most countries, except in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the UK."