Meta pauses planned update to commercial AI training terms
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Meta has paused a planned update to its commercial terms that would have let it use content from business websites to train its AI products, according to 404 Media.
The change was set to take effect November 20, but Meta says it will not do so on that date and that its existing terms remain in effect in the meantime.
Meta announced the pause after widespread backlash, 404 Media reports. A Norwegian court has temporarily suspended the new terms, and the UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating them.
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AIMeta has paused a planned update to its commercial terms that would have let it use content from business websites to train its AI products. The change, originally set for November 20, will not take effect on that date, and Meta says its existing terms remain in effect. A Norwegian court has temporarily suspended the new terms, and the UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating them.
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