Meta Granted EU Permission to Train AI Models Using Public Social Media Content

Meta has received approval from the European Union’s data regulator to use publicly shared content from its social media platforms for training its artificial intelligence models. This decision allows Meta to incorporate posts and comments from adult users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and interactions with its AI assistant to enhance AI capabilities. In a blog post, Meta emphasized the importance of diverse data in shaping its generative AI models to better understand European communities’ nuances and complexities.