We will probably see it when it's available for everyone.

This is the first time I see a lab region locking a model though.

> This is the first time I see a lab region locking a model though.

I think Facebook/Meta was first with this, can't remember exactly what model release but one/some of them had terms locking out EU/EEA residents from using it/some specific features of it.

first image gen models from openai and google were not available in the eu at the launch