Meta Forced to Pause AI Training on Data Collected from Facebook and Instagram Users in Europe

Meta is pausing the training of its LLM models using data gathered from social
media channels after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) asked it to at
least delay the process.

Meta was set to start training its LLM models using data collected from Facebook
and Instagram, but various EU institutions have a problem with the way the
company was preparing to use this information.

According to the company, the request to delay the training came from the Irish
DPC and, since Meta has its Euro