Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Why Google Bard blocks EU, Brazil and Canada

Accessible in 182 other global locations

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Henk van Ess
May 12, 2023
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Large language model (LLM) Google Bard, dropped the waitlist requirement this week. The support page of Google Bard says it is active now in over 180 countries.

There is a blockade on the 27 states of the European Union (EU) and Canada and Brazil. If you actually visit Bard from one of these countries, you get this:

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