Mark Zuckerberg says Europe needs more consistent AI regulation—and even his privacy nemesis agrees

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Acquired LIVE event at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Credit: David Paul Morris—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Leading technology executives, including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify's Daniel Ek, and Stripe's Patrick Collison, have written an open letter slamming Europe for its "fragmented and inconsistent" regulation of data privacy and artificial intelligence.

The block will “miss out” on the benefits of AI unless it regulates the sector more consistently, a wide-ranging group of CEOs and researchers wrote in the letter published Thursday.