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sho_hn · on Dec 7, 2023

Far more likely answer: OpenAI isn't interested in withholding a product to play political cards.

krzyk · on Dec 8, 2023

I think this is more related to american-centrism of Google - it is in their other products - e.g. Pixel phones restrict certain features to US.

So was Stadia - restricted to US at the beginning.

Also their are very slow at adding non-English languages to their offering.