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Verbraucherzentrale NRW, a German consumer rights group, was unable to secure a court injunction against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) to stop the tech giant from training its artificial intelligence models with user posts made on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram.
In April, Meta said it will begin training its AI models in the EU with interactions people have on its platform as well as public content shared by adults. Last year, it postponed training its LLMs using public content as regulators clarified the region’s legal requirements to the company.
Earlier this month, an Austrian privacy advocacy group, noyb (None of Your Business), also sought a legal injunction against the company over its plans to use European users’ personal data from FB and IG to train AI models.
In March, Meta launched its AI chatbot service in the EU after over a year-long delay. “It’s taken longer than we would have liked to get our AI technology into the hands of people in Europe as we continue to navigate its complex regulatory system—but we’re glad we’re finally here,” the tech giant had said then.