Back to articles
DevPickView feed
The Vergeby Emma Roth
Original published:

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

AI summary
Editorial policy

Meta's new terms allow it to crawl websites associated with its platform users, including online publishers, to use their content for AI development, research, and training.

Key points

  • •According to Nieman Lab, Meta's new terms permit crawling websites associated with businesses using its platforms.
  • •The terms take effect on October 30th and state Meta can use outside content to develop, improve, research, and train AI.
  • •Online publishers and other businesses associated with Meta's platform users appear to be within the scope of this permission.
#Regulation, Ethics & Society#Major Players#Meta
Read the original(opens in a new tab)

Related articles

See more
gihyo.jp

Meta、オープンウェイトモデル「Muse Spark Open」を公開

Meta announced the release of the open-weight model 'Muse Spark Open' on October 15, 2026.

Hacker News

Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 30

10月30日以降、Facebook、Instagram、またはWhatsAppの利用を継続するビジネスアカウントは、Metaによる自社ウェブサイトのスクレイピングに同意することになる

TechCrunch

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple partnered to jointly announce Meta's latest open-weight AI model, Muse Spark Open, which runs locally on Apple silicon.

The Verge

Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents

The article highlights a growing trend of consumer gadgets that spy on surroundings without consent, exacerbated by AI assistants like Meta's Muse asking users to share data about others.

ITmedia

“コネクテッドカー”はGoogleやMetaにどれだけ情報を送っている？ 21車種30アプリを調査

Researchers from Northeastern University presented a paper at the IMC '26 conference investigating the reality of data privacy in the connected vehicle ecosystem.