According to Cointelegraph, Meta and Spotify, two major technology giants, jointly criticized the EU's overly strict regulation of AI, especially restrictions on open source AI development. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek issued a joint statement, arguing that the current regulatory environment hinders AI innovation and progress. The two CEOs pointed out that strict privacy regulations, especially restrictions on the use of public data, have slowed down the competitiveness of European companies around the world. Spotify emphasized the importance of AI to its personalized music recommendations and worried that current regulations would affect the development of open source AI. Meta said that due to the lack of clear legislation, it is impossible to use public data of Facebook and Instagram users to train AI models, which puts AI development in Europe at a disadvantage. Meta also confirmed that due to regulatory uncertainty, it will postpone the release of new AI models, including Llama. On June 5, Meta was hit with 11 objections from the None of Your Business group, accusing it of changes in the use of AI data that may violate EU data protection regulations. In July 2023, Google also faced legal action over its privacy policy update, with the plaintiff claiming that it used large amounts of data, including copyrighted material, for AI development.