- Does OpenAI train its Sora video generator on YouTube content?
- If so, it would be a violation of YouTube’s terms of service, its CEO said.
- But OpenAI’s own CTO couldn’t answer whether Sora removes YouTube content.
OpenAI should not use YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence tools, YouTube CEO says.
But is it true?
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, said she didn’t know.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month, Murati was asked whether OpenAI’s text-to-video generator, Sora, was trained on YouTube video content.
“Actually, I’m not sure,” Murati told the Journal.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan told Bloomberg on Thursday that he also doesn’t know whether OpenAI uses YouTube content to train its video generator.
If Sora does indeed use YouTube content, it would constitute a “blatant violation” of the platform’s terms of service, Mohan said.
“From a creator’s perspective, when a creator uploads their hard work to our platform, they have certain expectations,” Mohan said Emily Chang of Bloomberg. “One of those expectations is that the terms of service are followed. This does not allow uploading of things like transcripts or video clips, which is a blatant violation of our terms of service. These are the rules of the road in terms of content on our platform.
Mohan added that Google (which owns YouTube) uses some YouTube videos to train its own AI platform, Gemini, but only if the platform’s individual creators have agreed to it in their contracts.
In response to Business Insider’s request for comment, a YouTube spokesperson confirmed that the company’s terms “prohibit unauthorized scraping or uploading of YouTube content.”
OpenAI did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
The debate over what types of content tech companies use to train their AI models is accelerating as the artificial intelligence industry explodes. And many artists and creators have led the way, arguing that their copyrighted works cannot be used without their permission.
OpenAI is no stranger to lawsuits over the data collection practices of its AI tools. Among those who have sued the company for copyright infringement are comedian and author Sarah Silverman, whose case was partially dismissed, “Game of Thrones” writer George RR Martin and the New York Times .
In February, OpenAI asked the judge overseeing the Times’ lawsuit to dismiss, in whole or in part, four of six counts filed by the media outlet against the company, alleging that the Times paid someone to hack the OpenAI products.
And last summer, more than 8,000 authors wrote an open letter to AI leaders, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, demanding compensation for using their work to train AI tools without permission.
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