Super weird.
Any idea what standing Meta/Llama thinks they have when they write stuff like that?
Is it copyright law? Do they think llama4 is copyright them? Is it something else?
Super weird.
Any idea what standing Meta/Llama thinks they have when they write stuff like that?
Is it copyright law? Do they think llama4 is copyright them? Is it something else?
I'm pretty sure what they think is "we can loudly complain EU over-regulation is stifling innovation and try and get the public on-board by showing them everything they're missing".
They don't want to be sued in the EU for releasing a model. One way to do that is by not releasing it in Europe.
It's the same reason a lot of websites block the EU rather than risk being sued under the GDPR.
I'm not convinced.
The GDPR can absolutely be applied to foreign companies https://gdpr.eu/companies-outside-of-europe/ but even if it couldn't, Facebook is an Irish company specifically so they can avoid American taxes. I do not think the EU will have any problem with jurisdiction.