Meta, Apple Protest Europe Tech Rules by Holding Back AI Tools

To hear US tech companies tell it, the artificial intelligence technology that they’re developing will change how people around the world live, work and play.

Just maybe not people in Europe.

At least for now, Europeans won’t get the latest advanced features on Apple Inc.’s iPhones. Meta Platforms Inc. also hasn’t included the continent in the release of its most powerful AI model, which the tech giant has been promoting as a way for other businesses to make their own AI products. The moves this summer came about a year after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive officer, ...