Meta won’t launch new AI products in EU, citing ‘regulatory uncertainty’
The door is now wide open for Google and Microsoft to gain first movers’ advantage over the entire continent.
Meta is the latest US-based tech giant to pause artificial intelligence releases in the European Union. The company joins Apple, who in June announced that it would be withholding several AI-powered iPhone features from customers in the EU.
Neither company, so far, has given a timeline or described what, exactly, needs to happen for the embargoes to lift, but both companies have cited “regulatory uncertainty” as the catalyst.
In a statement sent exclusively to Axios on July 17, a Meta spokesperson said:
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Author: Tristan Greene
