In recent weeks, both Meta and Google executives said that EU regulation has made it difficult to launch their AI tools on the European market. Last year, TikTok and X faced the same problem, due to requirements under the Digital Services Act (DSA), AI Act and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, civil society groups tell Euronews that consumers in Europe are not missing out, and that companies need to be held accountable.
Google’s AI Overviews is the latest tool to be rolled out in just eight of the 27 EU member states, but it remains unclear whether it will launch in the remaining 19 EU countries. An executive for the tech giant said that the EU is starting to miss out on innovation and users might not see certain new products due to the regulatory burden.
