Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU

‘Unpredictable’ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal Llama

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will not release an advanced version of its artificial intelligence model in the EU, blaming the decision on the “unpredictable” behaviour of regulators.

The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is preparing to issue its Llama model in multimodal form, meaning it is able to work across text, video, images and audio instead of just one format. Llama is an open source model, allowing it to be freely downloaded and adapted by users.