Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
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TL;DR
- Meta's new policy allows crawling and scraping of websites "associated" with business accounts.
- This outside content can be used to "develop, improve, research," and "train" Meta's AI products.
- The policy applies to business accounts promoting content on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
- This could enable Meta to train AI on content from online publishers without explicit licensing agreements.
- Businesses refusing to agree to the new terms may face restricted access or complete loss of use of Meta's business products.