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Meta's new terms could allow free AI training on publisher content

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Meta's updated terms of service may permit the company to freely train its AI models on content from websites associated with businesses using its platforms, including online publishers. These new terms, effective October 30th, could allow Meta to bypass licensing agreements and robots.txt restrictions, according to legal experts. While Meta claims no change in web crawling practices, critics argue this enables the company to use publisher content for AI development, potentially even in competition with the publishers themselves, while also charging businesses for services like posting links. AI

IMPACT Could significantly alter how AI models are trained, potentially impacting content licensing and publisher revenue models.

RANK_REASON Policy change by a major tech platform impacting content creators and AI training.

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Meta's new terms could allow free AI training on publisher content

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Emma Roth ·

    Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free

    Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. The new terms, which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this outs…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with

    📰 Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman L... 📰 Source: Th…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/meta-business-terms-scrape…

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