Meta Won’t Bring Future Multimodal AI Models to EU
Ina Fried, reporting for Axios:
“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,” Meta said in a statement to Axios.
Apple similarly said last month that it won’t release its
Apple Intelligence features in Europe because of regulatory
concerns. […]
Meta plans to incorporate the new multimodal models, which are
able to reason across video, audio, images and text, in a wide
range of products, including smartphones and its Meta Ray-Ban
smart glasses. Meta says its decision also means that European
companies will not be able to use the multimodal models even
though they are being released under an open license. It could
also prevent companies outside of the EU from offering products
and services in Europe that make use of the new multimodal models.
The company is also planning to release a larger, text-only
version of its Llama 3 model soon. That will be made available for
customers and companies in the EU, Meta said.
Another big win for Thierry Breton and Margrethe Vestager.
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Ina Fried, reporting for Axios:
“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,” Meta said in a statement to Axios.
Apple similarly said last month that it won’t release its
Apple Intelligence features in Europe because of regulatory
concerns. […]
Meta plans to incorporate the new multimodal models, which are
able to reason across video, audio, images and text, in a wide
range of products, including smartphones and its Meta Ray-Ban
smart glasses. Meta says its decision also means that European
companies will not be able to use the multimodal models even
though they are being released under an open license. It could
also prevent companies outside of the EU from offering products
and services in Europe that make use of the new multimodal models.
The company is also planning to release a larger, text-only
version of its Llama 3 model soon. That will be made available for
customers and companies in the EU, Meta said.
Another big win for Thierry Breton and Margrethe Vestager.