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Meta won’t release new multimodal AI model in EU due to regulatory concerns

2024-07-18

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IT Home reported on July 18 that according to Axios, Meta said in a statement that they are about to release a multimodal Llama model, but due to the uncertainty of the regulatory environment,This model will not be released in the EU

Meta said the decision also means that even if released under an open license, customers and companies in the European Union will not be able to use the multimodal model. Meta will provide EU customers and companies withProvides text-only support(text only) Llama 3 model.

The report said that Meta’s problem is not the AI ​​Act, but how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) whileUse data from EU customers to train the modelMeta said using local data for training is critical to ensuring its products correctly reflect the region’s terminology and culture.

Several US technology companies have made similar decisions. As IT Home previously reported, Apple announced in June that due to regulatory issues, EU users will not be able to use features such as Apple Intelligence when its upcoming new systems such as iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia are released this fall.