The company has faced challenges in Europe due to the region's complex regulatory system, including the AI Act and the GDPR. Meta trains its AI models on public data from Instagram and Facebook users who haven't opted out, which has raised concerns with EU regulators. The company halted training on European user data earlier this year but resumed training on U.K. user data after incorporating regulatory feedback into a revised opt-out process.
Key takeaways:
- Meta has started rolling out AI features for its Ray-Ban Meta AR glasses in France, Italy, and Spain, with the AI assistant now supporting French, Italian, and Spanish languages.
- The AI features will not include multimodal features available in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, such as the ability to answer questions about what's in view of the glasses' camera.
- Meta has previously expressed concerns about complying with the AI Act and GDPR, the EU's privacy law, particularly in relation to AI training on public data of Instagram and Facebook users who haven't opted out.
- Despite EU regulators' request to halt training on European user data, Meta resumed training on U.K. user data after incorporating regulatory feedback into a revised opt-out process.