{"id":631951,"date":"2024-08-23T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/meta-spotify-ceos-slap-down-european-officials-for-stifling-ai-innovation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T12:01:43","slug":"meta-spotify-ceos-slap-down-european-officials-for-stifling-ai-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meta-spotify-ceos-slap-down-european-officials-for-stifling-ai-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Meta, Spotify CEOs slap down European officials for \u2018stifling\u2019 AI innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F08%2Fzuckerberg-daniel-ek-meta-spotify-europe-ai-tech-innovation.webp&amp;signature=b2d3f9a1d1b335e3305dabea4ba17b71\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta\u2019s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify\u2019s CEO Daniek Ek have taken aim at European lawmakers for enforcing \u201cstifling\u201d and \u201cinconsistent\u201d regulation that hampers the growth of tech companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInstead of clear rules that inform and guide how companies do business across the continent, our industry faces overl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing regulations and inconsistent guidance on how to comply with them,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote the pair in an<\/span> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/by-invitation\/2024\/08\/21\/mark-zuckerberg-and-daniel-ek-on-why-europe-should-embrace-open-source-ai\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">op-ed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWithout urgent action, Europe will miss this once-in-a-generation opportunity.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That opportunity, of course, is the rise of artificial intelligence. More specifically, open-source AI \u2014 like Meta\u2019s Llama LLM \u2014 released <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publicly under a licence.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Europe, with its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vast pool of open-source developers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is uniquely positioned to thrive in this space.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, regulatory inconsistencies, like those in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), are hampering AI development and deployment, say the tech billionaires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/srrsbwkqwr?videoFoam=true&amp;autoPlay=true\" title=\"\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They use the example of the EU forc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ing <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2024\/06\/meta-halts-ai-training-on-eu-user-data.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to delay training its LLMs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on content from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and Instagram users in the bloc over privacy concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cD<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elaying the use of data that is routinely used in other regions means the most powerful AI models won\u2019t reflect the collective knowledge, culture, and languages of Europe \u2014 and Europeans won\u2019t get to use the latest AI products,\u201d wrote Zuckerberg and Ek.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time, Austrian non-profit<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noyb <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/noyb.eu\/en\/preliminary-noyb-win-meta-stops-ai-plans-eu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criticised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meta\u2019s framing of the delay as a collective punishment. \u201cMeta could roll out AI <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in Europe, if it would just bother to ask people to agree, but it seems Meta is doing everything it can to never get opt-in consent for any processing,\u201d it said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Meta is perhaps exaggerating in this case, the fact that <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/03\/13\/innovation-in-europe-is-falling-behind-what-can-we-do-to-catch-up\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European innovation is lagging behind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is undeniable. While Spotify, currently valued<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at $68bn, has been hugely successful, it\u2019s the exception rather than the rule. Almost all of the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tipalti.com\/en-eu\/go-ipo\/unicorn-hunting-2023\/#:~:text=The%20World's%20Most%20Valuable%20Unicorn,Chime%2C%20Discord%2C%20and%20Getir.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world\u2019s most valuable startups<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are based in the US and Asia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEurope <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">needs a new approach, with clearer policies and more consistent enforcement,\u201d said the two founders. \u201cCombined with the right ambition and some of the world\u2019s top AI talent, the EU would have a real chance of leading the next generation of tech innovation.\u201d<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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