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Meta’s Kaplan Signals Pushback Against EU Regulation for AI


Joel Kaplan, Meta Platforms Inc.’s new head of global affairs, signaled that the social media giant will not sign on to the European Union’s AI Code of Practice, putting Meta at odds with European regulators as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence technology.

The Code of Practice, which is intended to establish standardized rules across the AI industry in Europe, is “unworkable and infeasible,” said Kaplan, speaking virtually at Meta’s EU Innovation Day event in Brussels on Tuesday. The Code puts “additional burdens in the way of Western open source AI models, which is the direction that it’s currently headed,” he said.

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