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Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees

2026-10-16 · Ars Technica

Meta quietly rewrote its commercial terms of service in what legal experts are calling a blatant AI power grab, potentially dodging millions in licensing fees for training data. Nothing says 'move fast and break things' like rewriting the rules so you don't have to pay for the things you already broke. Zuckerberg's legal team really said 'why negotiate when you can just update the TOS?'

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