Meta was going to start training AI on Facebook and Instagram posts on June 26.

“The DPC welcomes the decision by Meta to pause its plans to train its large language model using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram across the EU/EEA,” the DPC said. The European Center for Digital Rights, known as Noyb, had filed 11 complaints across the EU and intended to file more to stop Meta from moving forward with its AI plans. In a blog, Meta had previously teased new AI features coming to the EU, including everything from customized stickers for chats and stories to Meta AI, a “Virtual assistant you can access to answer questions, generate images, and more.” Meta had argued that training on EU users’ personal data was necessary so that AI services could reflect “The diverse cultures and languages of the European communities who will use them.”

Source: Meta halts plans to train AI on Facebook, Instagram posts in EU