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Meta updated its commercial platform terms to allow using linked third-party website content to train AI products, with the change taking effect October 30

Policy change Provisional 84% confidence first seen

Meta announced updated commercial terms for business accounts that would permit Meta to crawl, scrape, and use linked website content to develop and train its AI products. The updates take effect October 30 and remove an opt-out option, which could reduce licensing leverage for publishers whose content is used for training.

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Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free The Verge independent Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees Ars Technica independent

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