Virgos Groove Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Quote Meta is pulling back on releasing its upcoming multimodal AI model, Llama, and any future models in the European Union. This decision, driven by what Meta calls regulatory uncertainty, shows a trend among US tech companies to withhold their products from the European market due to unclear regulations. Quote This follows Apple's recent decision to delay its Apple Intelligence features in Europe over similar concerns. Quote Meta's main challenge isn't with the upcoming AI Act but with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on how to train models using data from European customers. In May, Meta announced plans to use publicly available Facebook and Instagram posts to train future models, notifying over 2 billion EU users about opting out. However, after publicly announcing these plans, Meta was ordered to pause the training on EU data and received numerous questions from data privacy regulators. Quote This situation highlights the growing tension between US tech giants and European regulators. The EU is known for its strict privacy and antitrust regulations, which tech companies argue can stifle innovation and competitiveness. Firstpost 1
Gwendolyn Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) Is the UK included since we still follow GDPR? Edited July 18 by Gwendolyn oh we aren't, the gift of brexit keeps giving.
magazine Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Good. The way META was forcing us to give up personal social media content to feed their AI And we had to write a whole essay if we didn't want to be included. Like what- My sis Zuck went too far on that one.
Komet Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Quote This situation highlights the growing tension between US tech giants and European regulators. The EU is known for its strict privacy and antitrust regulations, which tech companies argue can stifle innovation and competitiveness. 'Bbbut muh innovation' always makes me cackle, you mean harvesting data and selling it to highest bidder? Cry harder.
Archetype Posted July 18 Posted July 18 (edited) I agree with the EU's hesitation on this and wanting time to ask more questions. However, if the EU and US tech companies can't come to some sort of agreement within the next year or two, they are putting themselves at a major technological disadvantage for the foreseeable future. The rest of the world will be getting the latest tech and advancements in AI, which will drastically speed up productivity and innovation, while the EU keeps itself left out. Apple and Meta are well aware of this and are likely playing the long game, knowing the EU cannot compete and they'll have no choice but to accept tech company terms if they want access to the tech. Also, before anyone comes for me for saying I don't care about privacy (I do!), DMA is just as much about privacy as it is other aspects, like competitiveness, open standards, etc. Apple was forced to open up the App Store in the EU due to this, which I personally think is a huge overstep on the EU's part. They also forced Meta to stop showing certain stats to businesses because other companies in the EU don't have the technology to do the same, which they considered anticompetitive. This is becoming a battle of philosophies more so than tech regulation. Edited July 18 by Archetype
Cesar Posted July 18 Posted July 18 they not gonna miss out on much. it's probably gonna me a good 2-5 years before AI is useful
aotwbys Posted July 18 Posted July 18 So they're putting pressure on the EU to deregulate. They're gonna get what they want from Europe now
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