Meta Spotted Crawling the Web, Likely Building Its Own AI Search Engine
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-08-10
Independent developer @levelsio observed that Meta/Facebook is extensively crawling the web. Speculation suggests this could be an effort to build a proprietary search engine for AI, reducing reliance on third-party data providers.
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