Meta Platforms Inc. is spurning the European Union’s voluntary artificial intelligence safety pledge that’s planned as a stopgap measure before the bloc’s AI Act rules take full force in 2027.

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms will not immediately join the European Union's AI Pact, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. The pact is a temporary measure before the bloc's AI Act comes into full effect. EU lawmakers in May agreed to the act, the first-of-a-kind rules governing the development and deployment of artificial intelligence.

Last week, a group of technology companies wrote an open letter to European Union leaders urging the continent to fix its “inconsistent regulatory decision making” on artificial intelligence.