Google delays Bard launch in EU
Google delayed its EU launch of its AI chatbot, Bard as a result of not having provided the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) with adequate information ahead of its release date.
Google delayed its EU launch of its AI chatbot, Bard as a result of not having provided the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) with adequate information ahead of its release date.
The complexity of regulating AI is a challenge everywhere, but the European Parliament has adopted its negotiating position on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and is prepared to move ahead with rules to shape the law. Plans range from requiring disclosure of content (for generative systems, like ChatGPT) to full bans on biometric surveillance, emotion recognition and predictive policing.
Forget about it?? Massachusetts’ new Right to Repair (automobiles) law is being challenged by US President Biden’s administration, which has surprisingly stepped in to tell independent car manufacturers and auto shops that the federal Data Safety Act supersedes the local state law, thus ensuring more protection against hacking.
Let’s catch up today on news that went unmentioned while we obsessed about TikTok, Google, Microsoft, and the rest. First, some CX acquisitions: Stockholm-based experience analytics vendor Netigate bought Netherlands-based digital feedback collector Mopinion while Colorado-based survey platform Alchemer bought San Diego-based review and comment collector Chatmeter. We also have “AI-native operating system for advertising” Veylan buying media sales platform Advisr and, far from least, investment firm Thoma Bravo spending $1.4 billion to buy SaaS pricing and sales solution PROS Holdings, Inc.