Canada is one of the few countries in the world that does not have access to Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot Bard, as the company’s war of words with the federal government over the Online News Act drags on.
Google announced in a blog post on July 13 that it was expanding Bard to 230 countries and territories, but Canada is absent from that list. Other countries that have been left out include Russia, China, and North Korea.
When asked why Canada was left out of the launch, a Google spokesperson told The Epoch Times: “As we continue to build Bard responsibly, we’re expanding access to more countries and regions in multiple languages. We’re committed to being good partners as we work through regulatory uncertainty in Canada, and we’re enthusiastic about bringing Bard’s generative AI potential to Canadians soon.”…