According to the AXIOS website, Meta stated in a statement that they will release a multimodal Llama model in the coming months, but it will not be released in the EU due to the unpredictability of the European regulatory environment. This move laid the groundwork for a showdown between Meta and EU regulatory agencies, highlighting the increasing number of US tech giants choosing to refuse to provide products to European customers. Just last month, Apple similarly stated that it would not release its Apple Intelligence feature in Europe due to regulatory considerations. It is reported that Meta plans to use the new multimodal model in a variety of products, including smart phones and Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, which can reason between video, audio, images, and text. Meta stated that this decision means that European companies will be unable to use the multimodal model, even though the models are released under open licenses.