UK watchdog investigates Meta’s AI terms as Meta pauses them
The CMA opened a competition case into terms it says could let Meta use businesses’ website content for its AI, two days after Meta put the new terms on hold.
AI news, 31 October 2026
The 10 AI stories of the day, each told in about 200 words with its sources linked.
Published 00:45 UTC, 10 stories
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AI training preferencesFour AI companies back one robots.txt opt-out from AI training
Anthropic already reads a shared robots.txt opt-out from AI training, Google and Microsoft start in 2027, and Bing adds a separate switch for AI answers.
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Reddit · Max campaignsReddit opens Max AI campaigns to all as its shares drop 29%
Reddit’s ad sales grew 54 per cent and its automated campaigns reached every advertiser, but a weak outlook sank the stock.
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Alphabet · AI spendingAlphabet loses $500 billion in a day as AI spending bites
Alphabet’s shares had their worst day since its 2004 listing after it spent more cash than it made for a second quarter running.
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AI shopping agentsDoorDash counts only hundreds of orders from AI shopping agents
DoorDash and Amazon told investors that outside AI agents barely move sales yet, and DoorDash said it could one day advertise inside them.
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Anthropic · Claude plansClaude’s $200 plan is now Ultra, with no 5-hour cap once verified
Max 5x is now simply Max and Max 20x becomes Ultra, whose verified accounts lose the five-hour limit while the weekly allowance stays.
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Microsoft Advertising · AIMicrosoft lets brands set up to 40 guidelines for its AI ad copy
Microsoft Advertising now builds a first campaign from a brand’s own files, and an ad has been spotted inside Bing’s AI answers.
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Spotify · AI remixesSpotify weighs $4 to $5 a month for an AI remix tool in 2027
Paying listeners would remake songs by artists who opt in, with royalties going to the original artists, the Financial Times reports.
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ChatGPT ads · formatsChatGPT ads get a wider desktop card and open multi-image ads
OpenAI told advertisers its standard ad now fills more of the chat on desktop, and every advertiser can now run ads with several images.
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Pinterest · Q3 2026Pinterest reaches 661 million users and credits its AI search
Pinterest grew revenue 12 per cent in the third quarter, said its AI visual search makes it more useful to advertisers and guided fourth-quarter growth to 8 to 12 per cent.
