Meta has announced it will not release an advanced version of its AI model in the European Union due to the "unpredictable" behaviour of regulators in the region.
Its boss Mark Zuckerberg is planning to issue its Llama model in a multimodal form, that is, it will be able to work across text, video, audio, and images instead of just one format. Llama is an open-source model, free to download and use.
According to The Guardian, a Meta spokesperson confirmed that the version will not be available in the EU because of the hard regulatory environment and tension between the company and Brussels.
"We will release a multimodal Llama model over the coming months – but not in the EU due to the unpredictable nature of the European regulatory environment," the spokesperson told the UK newspaper.
Meta's decision on the Llama model comes as it is concerned with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The company has been asked by the EU to stop using posts from Facebook and Instagram to train its AI model, as it may violate privacy policy.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which oversees Meta’s compliance with GDPR said the discussion is ongoing with the company regarding its model training.
Big tech is concerned that the EU watchdogs can interfere in the regulatory process and might halt the approval. Text-based versions of Llama are available in the EU and a new text-only version will be released in the EU soon, but those models were not trained on EU Meta user data.
Last month, Apple also announced that it would not release new AI features in the EU due to regulatory concerns.
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