Why Meta abandoned the launch of new AI models in Europe and Brazil

Meta rejects again Regulatory hurdles. The American group (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, etc.) refuses to launch its new modelsAI Multimodal, able to create text, sound, maps and images. Questioned by the American media Axios, he evoked ” Uncertainty in the European regulatory environment » It specifically targets the conditions for application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which it considers too vague. At the same time, it announced a suspension of generative AI tools in Brazil. This was a retaliatory measure taken after the Brazilian regulator objected.

Meta is making generative AI central to its strategy as tensions between the world’s largest social media company and regulators escalate. With its Llama models, especially the latest Camel 3he should put it online” In the next few months “, they are…