Google opens up Bard to 230 countries but Canada is excluded

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canada-excluded-from-google-s-expansion-of-ai-chatbot-bard-1.6480392

by mthoms • 3 years ago

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mthoms3• 3 years ago

At first this seems like a retaliatory move. But for Bard to be viable in Canada it would have to be trained (in part) using Canadian news sources.

It's going to be very difficult to argue Google shouldn't have to pay for that privilege. I wasn't a huge fan of the Government's new bill but once you throw in the AI training angle, things start to get really complicated.

ttfkam4• 3 years ago

Or alternatively Canada is one of the only countries where journalism will be protected and not systematically starved by the tech industry as it is elsewhere.

mthoms3• 3 years ago

I hope you're right.

nine_zeros• 3 years ago

Great way to attract media powerhouses to Canada and to create local industry

telotortium• 3 years ago

Canada's press is already largely government-funded. The US has the NY Times, the Washington Post, and many other news sites that have learned to adapt to the digital age. The main issue with the US is that it just had way too many local papers because classified ads used to print money pre-internet. The US now resembles more the UK, which had long ago moved to primarily national papers.

rkagerer• 3 years ago

Hi AI startups, Canadian here!

Me and 40 million other beta testers would love to try out your Bard / OpenAI / etc. competitor. We've got a lovely sandbox for it to play in, complete with a freshly built moat.

psychphysic• 3 years ago

Isn't this what Canada wanted?

mthoms3• 3 years ago

Canada is composed of 40+ million people.

Google opens up Bard to 230 countries but Canada is excluded

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