EU makes AI labels mandatory on authentic-looking images, audio and text
Starting August 2, companies must mark synthetic content designed to look real with visible AI labels and digital watermarks or face fines.
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Meta licenses Newsmax journalism for AI search across Facebook and Instagram
Meta’s Newsmax license gives its AI search and discovery tools access to current and archived news content across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta now drives most AI agent traffic while sending publishers few visitors
DataDome logged 17.7 billion AI agent requests in Q2 2026, with Meta's crawlers generating most of the volume and almost no referral traffic back to sites.
Scott Turow and Five Publishers Sue Meta Over AI Training Data
Scott Turow and five major publishers sued Meta for using copyrighted books to train its Llama AI model. The complaint cites pirate sites and internal messages about sidestepping licensing deals.
Meta abandons open-source AI strategy in pursuit of paid model
Mark Zuckerberg's company is developing a closed AI system codenamed Avocado, marking a major shift from its previous approach.
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