Meta withholds future multimodal AI models from the EU due to GDPR concerns.

Meta is withholding its future multimodal AI models from the European Union due to concerns over complying with the region's unpredictable regulatory environment, specifically the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company, citing potential privacy rule violations, has decided not to release its advanced AI system, Llama, in the EU and is also halting plans to use personal data to train AI models. Meta's move follows a similar strategy by Apple and intensifies growing transatlantic tension over whether the EU's regulatory approach is too strict.

July 17, 2024
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