Meta has announced that it also wants to use data from European users on Facebook or Instagram to train its artificial intelligence (AI). Meta said that the group will “soon” use public content from adults in the European Union to train its AI models. Inquiries to the Chatbot Meta AI recently rolled out in Europe would also be used. However, the data of accounts of minors and private messages to friends and family should not be used. WhatsApp is therefore not affected by the change.
European users would receive a notification in the coming days in which they are informed about the innovation. It should also be possible to object to the use of the data.
It is important to train the AI models with a variety of data in order to understand the “incredible and diverse nuances and complexities” of European communities. The group has also trained its AI models since the introduction to other regions. Other tech giants such as Google or Openaai with his chatbot chatgpt have also been done.
The Group had delayed the European start of Meta AI because of the necessary adaptation to EU rules. The development of models such as Meta AI requires huge databases. However, the use of personalized mass data is heavily regulated in the EU. So far, Metas AI assistant has not been trained with data from EU users according to group information.
