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After a abbreviated time lag , Metasaysthat it ’s begun to ramble out certain AI features to users of its Ray - Ban Meta AR glass in France , Italy , and Spain .
Starting today , people in those countries can invoke Meta ’s AI helper , Meta AI , using their spokesperson to get answer to oecumenical questions ( e.g. “ What are some good gift ideas for my kids aged 6 and 8 ? ” ) . Meta AI now supports French , Italian , and Spanish in addition to English as part of the update , Meta says .
“ Since we launch in September 2023 , we have been diligently working to guarantee that Ray - Ban Meta glasses comply with Europe ’s complex regulative system , ” the party wrote in a blog post . “ We are worked up to begin bring Meta AI and its innovative feature to role of the EU and look forward to expanding to more European countries presently . ”
The upgradewon’tinclude multimodal feature available on Ray - Ban Meta glasses in the U.S. , Canada , and Australia — namely the power to get answers to questions about what ’s in view of the glasses ’ tv camera ( for instance “ Tell me more about this landmark ” ) . Meta order it ’s working to bring multimodality to more countries “ in the futurity . ”
Meta has previously expressed concerns about its power to comply withthe AI Act , the EU law that found a legal and regulatory framework for AI — call the constabulary ’s implementation “ too unpredictable . ” Also at issue for the company are provisions in the GDPR , the EU ’s privateness practice of law , come to to AI training . Meta trains AI models , including the models that power features of its Ray - Ban Meta glasses , on the public datum of Instagram and Facebook users who have n’t opt out — information that in Europe is capable to GDPR guarantees .
EU regulator earlier this year requested that Meta stop training on European user information while they tax the company ’s GDPR compliancy . Meta relented , while at the same time endorsing anopen lettercalling for “ a forward-looking interpretation ” of GDPR that does n’t “ eliminate forward motion . ”
In early pin , Meta suppose that it would resume training on U.K. user dataafter “ [ incorporate ] regulatory feedback ” into a revised opt - out unconscious process . And shortly later on , the company bring select AI capabilities to Ray - Ban Meta glasses in the U.K. ( as well assix other res publica ) . But Meta has yet to deal an update on its role model preparation practices throughout the rest of the axis .
