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I'm not in the EU, but when I see something that is US only, I tend to assume its doing something with privacy/user data/otherwise that is restricted in the EU.

Which means I generally avoid things that are not EU available even if they are available to me. Its not 100% but its a fairly decent measure of how much companies care about users to ensure they meet EU privacy laws from the start, vs if they provide some limited version or delayed version to the EU.

And in the UK and Switzerland unfortunately

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10250692-sora-supported-...

is it a regulatory issue?

I suspect so, OpenAI is subject to the EU AI Act [0]. Last time they released the Advanced Voice Mode it also took some time before it became available in the EU. Not sure why UK and Switzerland are delayed as well, they are not in the European Union.

[0] https://openai.com/global-affairs/a-primer-on-the-eu-ai-act/

Are you saying you're not glad that the EU has chosen for you?

I would ask an AI to generate a riff on a "I am the very model of a modern major general" but for some EU bureaucrat but I'll spare you the spam.