>Canada walks in lockstep with the US on virtually all matters.
On the topic of AI regulation, if you look at Bill C-27 and Canada's involvement in the ongoing Council of Europe negotiations towards a treaty on AI, Canada is currently aligned much more closely to the EU's AI Act. The same goes for privacy law; PIPEDA is closer in spirit to the GDPR but even more ambiguous and in some need of modernization.
And as we've seen with today's announcement, which also excludes the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the UK, Google's approach to regulatory risks associated with AI appears to be a cautious one.
>And again, this all has seemingly is zero concern for Microsoft or OpenAI...
Microsoft is willing to shoulder the legal risks because they have a solid revenue stream through Azure OpenAI services. OpenAI itself will just block Canada if the regulatory authorities get too aggressive, like they did temporarily in Italy until a deal was reached.
>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.
>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."
On the topic of AI regulation, if you look at Bill C-27 and Canada's involvement in the ongoing Council of Europe negotiations towards a treaty on AI, Canada is currently aligned much more closely to the EU's AI Act. The same goes for privacy law; PIPEDA is closer in spirit to the GDPR but even more ambiguous and in some need of modernization.
And as we've seen with today's announcement, which also excludes the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the UK, Google's approach to regulatory risks associated with AI appears to be a cautious one.
>And again, this all has seemingly is zero concern for Microsoft or OpenAI...
Microsoft is willing to shoulder the legal risks because they have a solid revenue stream through Azure OpenAI services. OpenAI itself will just block Canada if the regulatory authorities get too aggressive, like they did temporarily in Italy until a deal was reached.