Meta will not offer its next multimodal AI model - and future models - to customers in the European Union due to a lack of clarity from local regulators. This was reported by Axios.
The move puts Meta at odds with EU regulators and underscores the growing willingness of American tech giants not to offer their products to European customers.
«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..
Meta's decision also means that European companies will not be able to use multimodal models, even if they are released under an open license.
By the way, in June of this year, Meta paused the development of its AI assistant in Europe after receiving objections from the Irish privacy regulator.