Meta has suspended plans to use European user data to train its AI models following discussions with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and pressure from other EU data protection authorities. 🛑
- Reason: strict GDPR requirements
- Problem: dispute about the need for active consent of users to process data
- “Meta” reaction: disappointment, fears of slowing down European innovative development and AI development
The halt to AI's "Meta" training program highlights the tension between technological progress and privacy regulation.