However, some experts say that in the old European continent, the use of all this is slower than in the rest of the globe. Mark Zuckerberg’s company and owned by Instagram, Facebook or WhatsAppMeta has already pointed out the culprit of all this.
And the aforementioned company, a technology giant, blames the EU regulators to curb the growth of AI across Europe. The first thing we must keep in mind is that the operation of the different AI models consumes enormous resources and energy. This is something that inevitably increases emissions, and there are regions in the world that are trying to stop it. So much so that even large firms such as Google and Microsoft They have spent and made a lot of money because of all this emissions stuff.
To a large extent, this huge expense is due to the rigorous testing and demand of data centers. In parallel, each region of the world has its own regulations for the data processingin this case used by AI. Thus, for example, the EU has the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPRThis expressly prohibits the collection and processing of personal data without explicit consent.
So, from Meta’s point of view, this can be a huge burden. This is especially evident during the training process of an AI model.
EU regulations curb the use of Artificial Intelligence
This requires a huge amount of data, something that directly clashes with European regulations. So much so that Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg joins Spotify CEO in calling for Europe embraces open source AIIn his view, this adoption would lead to enormous growth in the use of these smart platforms on the old continent.
In addition, both technology giants also criticised the EU’s fragmented and incoherent regulatory framework, such as the aforementioned GDPRIn their view, it is blocking innovation and hindering Europe’s ability to fully benefit from AI advances. They say that laws designed to increase European competitiveness are actually doing the opposite.
They say Europe should simplify and harmonise regulations by taking advantage of the benefits of a single but diverse market. In short, Europe needs a new approach with clearer policies and more consistent application to enable companies to new technologies, such as AIgrow freely.
A clear example can be seen in the EU’s request to Meta not to use public content from Facebook and Instagram to train their AI. All because regulators can’t agree on how to manage them at the moment. This means that European AI models could miss out on important local knowledge and culture, and Europeans would not have access to the latest AI technology.