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Meta is delaying enforcement of its new business terms after publishers worried they could let the company scrape news sites for AI training, The Verge reports, citing earlier coverage by Fast Company. A Meta spokesperson said the terms will take effect on November 20.
The delay follows days of backlash over the wording of the terms; Meta had already removed the word “train” from them earlier this week. Publishers will be watching whether the final text clearly limits use of their content for AI training.
According to Ars Technica, an updated Google privacy policy indicates that turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data it can use for ad targeting, including from Gmail. The Verge also reported on the change.
OpenAI published a post on how it has strengthened containment of the environments where it trains and evaluates frontier models. According to the company, the measures include offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
OpenAI says it is partnering with NASK, Poland’s research institute, on AI safety, security and technical research. According to the company, the goal is to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.
Microsoft attributes a breach at ConnectWise to a China state-aligned group it tracks as Storm-0940, and says about 2,250 organizations were affected. The attackers reportedly stole credentials from ConnectWise’s cloud backup service that linked it to customers’ Microsoft environments, then used AI agents to attempt almost 3,000 sign-ins per minute. ConnectWise paused the service and says it is working to restore it.