Meta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say
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TL;DR
- Meta tweaked its business terms after facing criticism for language that appeared to allow AI training on news sites.
- Legal experts argue that the changes are insufficient, as the terms still allow Meta to use scraped content to develop 'business products,' which could include AI.
- The original terms stated Meta could use 'any content' from business-associated websites to 'develop, research' and 'train' its products.
- Meta's spokesperson stated that content owners can use robots.txt to signal preferences and that the updates do not grant new rights or supersede these preferences.
- The publishing industry had expressed concerns that Meta's terms could override standard blocking instructions like robots.txt.