Google is launching its artificial intelligence-based chatbot across Europe, after being forced to upgrade safety measures to comply with regulatory demands over copyright and users’ privacy.
The US tech giant had planned to release its Bard chatbot across the EU in June, but was delayed after regulators in Ireland, where the company has its European headquarters, demanded reassurances that enough safeguards were in place to protect European consumers.
Google on Thursday said it had satisfied the Irish watchdog’s requirements by tightening the privacy settings on its Bard chatbot to increase transparency so users know how their data is being used and giving them more control over it.