Google's AI chatbot, Bard, expands to 180 countries but not in the European Union and Canada.

Google Bard, an AI chatbot, announced this week that it would be available in 180 countries, but not in Canada and European Union countries due to GDPR compliance concerns. On a support page, Google listed the 180 countries and territories where Bard is available, but conspicuously absent were any countries in the EU and Canada. The language model chatbot, which supports English, Japanese, and Korean, has no actual answer to give as to why it isn't available in those regions, but reportedly said GDPR is the reason. Google hinted that Bard would be expanded in a way that is consistent with local regulations and their AI principles.