Google delays European start of Bard AI chatbot over privacy concerns - report
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will have to delay the start of its AI chatbot Bard in Europe after its main regulator raised some privacy issues.
The Irish Data Protection Commission said Tuesday that Google (GOOGL) hadn't provided enough data about how Bard protects European privacy to allow for its European debut, according to a Politico report. The regulator, which is based in Dublin, is the search engine giant's main European data supervisor under the General Data Protection Regulation. 
Google (GOOGL) "had not had any detailed briefing nor sight of a data protection impact assessment or any supporting documentation at this point," Graham Doyle, a spokesman for the Irish Data Protection Commission said, according to Politico.
"Bard will not now launch this week," Doyle said.
âWe said in May that we wanted to make Bard more widely available, including in the European Union, and that we would do so responsibly, after engagement with experts, regulators and policymakers," a Google spokesperson told Politico. "As part of that process, weâve been talking with privacy regulators to address their questions and hear feedback.â
In late March Bard rival ChatGPT, which is backed by Microsoft (MSFT), was temporarily banned in Italy over privacy concerns.
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