{"id":15884,"date":"2024-07-19T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=15884"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T01:01:48","slug":"meta%e6%9a%82%e5%81%9c%e5%9c%a8%e6%ac%a7%e7%9b%9f%e6%8e%a8%e5%87%ba%e5%a4%9a%e6%a8%a1%e6%80%81ai%e6%a8%a1%e5%9e%8b-%e5%bc%95%e5%8f%91%e7%a7%91%e6%8a%80%e7%9b%91%e7%ae%a1%e8%ae%a8%e8%ae%ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/15884.html","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#039;s suspension of the launch of multimodal AI models in the EU has triggered a discussion on technology regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/meta\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [Meta]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Meta<\/a>In a statement to Axios on Wednesday, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%ac%a7%e7%9b%9f\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >European Union<\/a>Due to unclear regulations, the company will not release its new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%a4%9a%e6%a8%a1%e6%80%81ai%e6%a8%a1%e5%9e%8b\" title=\"[SEE ARTICLES WITH [MULTIMODAL AI MODEL] LABELS]\" target=\"_blank\" >Multimodal AI Model<\/a>This decision has triggered extensive discussions on the EU\u2019s AI regulatory environment, and also reflects the strategic adjustments made by US technology giants in the face of different regulatory requirements around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/202207271436142427_0.jpg\" alt=\"UK regulator calls for intervention in Meta&#039;s AI data training\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meta&#039;s multimodal AI model has the ability to process video, audio, images and text, and was originally planned to be applied to a variety of products, including: 1. Smartphone application 2. Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses<\/p>\n<p>These models have a wide range of potential applications and could significantly improve user experience. However, this decision will restrict European companies from using these models, even under open licenses. This may further affect external companies from providing services based on these models in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Although the multimodal AI model is not available in Europe yet, Meta plans to release a larger, text-only version of its Llama3 model soon for use by EU customers, a sign that the company is working to find the right balance between regulatory compliance and technological innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Meta&#039;s decision is not an isolated case. Recently, Apple also announced that it would not provide its Apple Intelligence features to Europe. This highlights an emerging trend: American technology giants choose to adjust their product and service strategies in the face of Europe&#039;s strict technology regulatory environment.<\/p>\n<p>In its statement, Meta stated: \u201cWe will launch the multi-model Llama model in the coming months, but due to the unpredictability of the European regulatory environment, we will not do so in the EU.\u201d This expression points directly to the core cause of corporate decision-making - regulatory uncertainty\u3002<\/p>\n<p>This incident will undoubtedly continue to attract the attention of the industry and regulators, and may push the EU to further clarify its AI-related regulations to find an appropriate balance between protecting citizens&#039; rights and promoting technological innovation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta issued a statement to Axios on Wednesday announcing that the company will not be releasing its new multimodal AI models or future versions to customers in EU countries due to lack of clarity on EU regulations. The decision has sparked widespread discussion about the EU's AI regulatory environment and reflects the U.S. tech giant's strategic realignment in the face of differing regulatory requirements around the world. Meta's multimodal AI models, which have the ability to process video, audio, images, and text, were originally planned to be used in a variety of products, including:1. smartphone apps2. Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses These models have a wide range of potential applications that could provide significant enhancements to the user experience. However, this decision will limit the use of these models by European companies, even under an open license. This could further impact external<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[297,3582,893],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-15884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-meta","tag-ai","tag-893"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15884"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=15884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}