When it was announced that Bard, Google’s artificial intelligence, would be publicly available without a waiting list, many people were excited. However, the excitement was short-lived as the AI did not end up being released in European Union countries. Since Google did not provide any explanation for this absence in the European continent, many assumed that the ongoing legislation in Europe regarding AI could have something to do with it.
After a month of waiting, it was expected that Bard would be launched in Europe this week, but the European data protection regulator has spoiled Google’s plans. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), the primary data protection authority in our region, has denied the release of the AI in the European Union after Google failed to provide the required information on time.
“The Data Protection Committee had not received detailed information or seen the data protection impact assessment or any justifying documents,” said Graham Doyle, Deputy Commissioner of the DPC, in a statement reported by Politico. “Since then, it has urgently requested this information and raised a series of additional data protection questions to which it expects a response. As a result, Bard will not be launched this week.”
After this delay, it is unknown when the launch of Bard in the European Union will take place. Except for some remote locations, European users cannot access the Bard website. However, similar to other websites and apps with regional restrictions, EU residents who wish to try Bard can use a VPN service like NordVPN to bypass this limitation.
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