Meta 新商业条款或允许其免费抓取新闻网站内容训练 AI
Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta 将于 10 月 30 日生效的新商业条款，似乎允许其抓取和使用与平台商家“关联”的网站内容，用于开发、改进、研究和训练 AI 产品，其中也包括在线出版商的网站。Nieman Lab 指出，这些条款可能让 Meta 绕过授权协议，直接拿出版商发布的内容训练模型；不同意新条款的商家可能被停止全部商业用途访问。Meta 此前已与 CNN、Fox News、USA Today 等达成 AI 授权协议，上月还推出 Meta One 订阅，要求商家和创作者付费才能在帖子和 reels 中附带链接。
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Meta 新商业条款把内容抓取与 AI 训练权限绑定，读者可据此判断新闻出版方的授权处境。
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Meta’s new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites “associated” with the businesses that use its platforms — including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab . The new terms , which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this outside content to “develop, improve, research,” and “train” its AI products.
The new policy applies to business accounts that promote their content across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. As pointed out by Nieman Lab , these terms seem to allow Meta to bypass a licensing agreement and train its AI models on content posted by online publishers. Meta has followed OpenAI in striking AI licensing deals with CNN , Fox News, USA Today , and People Inc., but these terms could give the company access to a much broader swath of content:
Businesses that don’t agree to Meta’s new policies “may stop all access or use of our Products for business or commercial purposes,” the terms say. Last month, Meta launched a new Meta One subscription that requires businesses and creators to pay to include links in posts and reels. “Put another way, Meta has begun charging users to post links to the same content that it will be permitted to crawl for free,” Nieman Lab says.
Meta didn’t immediately respond to The Verge ’s request for comment.