"Amid an ongoing regulatory battle with European privacy authorities, Meta announced on Thursday that its AI-powered virtual assistant, Meta AI, is finally launching in the European Union. The chatbot-like tool will be rolled out across Meta’s portfolio of social platforms, albeit with a more limited feature set compared to what it offers in its domestic U.S. market." "the company does stress that this launch represents its “first step” in its efforts to bring more AI to Europe, and that it plans to eventually “find parity with the U.S.” over time."