Canada has been left out of a recent expansion of Google's artificial intelligence-powered chatbot known as Bard as the big tech giant continues its fight with the federal government over the Online News Act.

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[–] nathris@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

"Reposting" as in linking to their content? Most other companies pay Google for that service.

How are those companies going to drive views to their site? Do you think Microsoft and Meta are going to play ball? They aren't. Do you expect Lemmy instances to pay whenever someone uploads a Canadian news article?

Our country is a literal South Park meme right now. We're just waiting on the bubble gum and Bennigans coupons.

This is borderline fascist legislation. Restricting the flow of information on the internet so that Canadians are forced to turn to traditional mainstream media for their news. It was never about money.

[–] JshKlsn@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

This is borderline fascist legislation.

No it's not. It's dumb, sure; but it's not fascism.

What's your goal to preserve the 4th Estate?

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 years ago

Preserve the 4th estate? They're probably waiting for an invite to the 5th column.