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Incident #8D8F73 · 29 OCT 2026notable
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Facebook AI-training source list drops 'publicly' from internet data and renames free models

AI training: rewordedFresh · under two weeks✓ Machine-checked

In the section on using information for AI development, the description of training data now says 'information that is available on the Internet' instead of 'publicly available'. The reference to external developers' 'free models' via APIs now reads 'contributor tier models'. A generative AI example drops the word 'any'.

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  • Wording no longer limits internet-sourced training data to 'publicly available' information
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
* Information that is publicly available on the Internet− struck · ✓ matched in source
* Information that is available on the Internet+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
* Information from third parties that provide content, including information from products and services built by external developers using our free models provided through APIs− struck · ✓ matched in source
* Information from third parties that provide content, including information from products and services built by external developers using our contributor tier models provided through APIs+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Archived version ↗ · 127 words changed
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