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    YouTube creators unaware Google uses their videos to train AI | Google confirms AI training but offers no opt-out

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    1. chrisdh79 on

      From the article: When it comes to tech companies training their AI models, it seems everything is fair game. Google, for example, uses some of the billions of videos on YouTube to train Gemini and Veo 3, and many creators are unaware that it’s happening.

      With more than 20 billion videos on the platform, YouTube is a treasure trove of data for AI companies to exploit – and many already have.
      YouTube owner Google is also using the content to train its AI models, reports CNBC. The company later confirmed that it does do this, but it only uses a subset of videos and that it honors specific agreements with creators and media companies.

      “We’ve always used YouTube content to make our products better, and this hasn’t changed with the advent of AI,” said a YouTube spokesperson in a statement.

    2. Earthbound_X on

      Wow, so some Youtubers may be unwillingly helping those AI slop channels that unfortunately get millions of views? They are literally training their terrible competition?

      Ugh.

    3. caman20 on

      Unfortunately they will just make it so that if you use there service it will opt you in the training. Scummy behaviour.

    4. Siderophores on

      Same exact thing is happening to reddit.

      Every reddit comment is being fed to OpenAI thanks to Sam Altman

      You do not own your data when you use a 3rd party service provider to connect you to other people 👏👏👏

    5. ChainsawRomance on

      The death of YouTube is upon us. Hopefully that means more people flock to peertube.

    6. x31b on

      If people are allowed to watch the videos to gain knowledge, why not AIs?

      Edit: how can you tell if AIs are being trained on YouTube? If they stop in the middle of the answer and suggest you get SurfShark.

    7. Standaloneoak on

      I’ve had a few different agencies reach out to ask to license my YouTube content for training AI, and their sales pitch is literally “they’re already doing it without paying you…why not get paid?”

      Strange times over here.

    8. ChocolateGoggles on

      Throw Google in jail honestly. They have criminal mindsets, for real. They’re trying their very best to come as close to being criminals as they can, whilst also being such. It’s nuts.

    9. treemanos on

      That’s why I went back to making videos, if I make the content I like them ai wjll.learn to make it roo so I’ll be able to enjoy it.

    11. Not_pukicho on

      Youtube doesn’t have to be the only mainstream video platform, and we need to stop treating it as such.