Overview

• Meta has begun notifying EU users that public posts, comments, and interactions with Meta AI will be used to train its models, starting this week.
• The company confirms that private messages and data from users under 18 will not be included in the training datasets.
• EU users can opt out of data usage through a streamlined objection form provided in notifications and on Meta platforms.
• This decision follows regulatory approval from the European Data Protection Board and extensive dialogue with the Irish Data Protection Commission.
• Meta aims to improve localization of its AI models to better reflect European languages, cultures, and nuances, aligning with practices of competitors like Google and OpenAI.