YouTube Warns OpenAI Not to Use Its Videos as Sora Learning Media
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– Content produced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still controversial because of its learning methods. According to some people, AI content harms artists and writers by stealing their work.
These works are taken to be learning tools so that AI can create any image, video or text. Therefore, major media such as the New York Times and Getty Images took legal steps to protect their work.
YouTube might take similar action if Sora, OpenAI's text-based video creation tool, actually steals content from YouTube. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has also issued a warning.
Mohan's firm stance was a response to OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's statement some time ago. To the Wall Street Journal, quoted from Engadget, Murati admitted that he was not sure whether Sora took data from YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
The uncertainty of this learning data gives rise to polemics. This means, there is a possibility that Sora is indeed 'stealing' data from various social media platforms. Of course Mohan, as the head of YouTube, doesn't like OpenAI's actions.
Therefore, Mohan emphasized that the use of YouTube videos as a medium for AI learning is part of theft. This represents a very clear violation of the platform's terms of use.
"It doesn't allow things like transcripts or bits of video to be downloaded," Mohan told Bloomberg. "That's a clear violation of our terms of service. That's the rule of the game when it comes to content on our platform."
Mohan did not say what action they would take if Sora did steal content from their platform. However, it is likely that the steps will be the same as the New York Times and Getty Images, namely suing through legal channels.