Meta removes the word "train" from its commercial terms after AI backlash

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Meta has changed the wording of its commercial terms of service following criticism over its use of data for artificial intelligence. The company dropped the word "train" from the policy language, a shift that addresses concerns about how its AI models are developed. However, Meta has not agreed to add language that would respect robots.txt, the standard file websites use to signal that automated crawlers should stay out. The revision therefore changes the terminology used in the policy without altering the company's approach to scraping content for AI.

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