AI companies and researchers copied millions of YouTube videos into datasets that are used to train artificial intelligence systems.
A recent report stated that “AI was trained using about 15.8 million YouTube videos.” Nearly two million YouTube channels, it said, have provided these videos.
However, the most interesting fact is that the real creators are even unaware of it. If some knew, they make a very small number.
Violation of Copyrights:
In actuality, the creators of these YouTube videos own the intellectual property. It is against YouTube’s terms of service to download or use them without authorization.
However, the investigation conducted by The Atlantic author Alex Reisner reveals that these guidelines were disregarded.
“How-to tutorials,” instructional materials, and instructive films made up a significant amount. Universities, research centers, and AI businesses continue to host a number of these datasets.
So, question arises: Are AI firms breaking the copyright laws? The companies say: NO. They claim they use the videos under “Fair Use” policy which justifies the procedure for research and educational purposes.
Lawsuits and Future:
Since several creators have already knocked the doors of the courts, the future will decide how the judges take their (AI companies) defence.
But one thing is very much clear: AI firms exploited the human work without paying the creators.
Concerns:
YouTubers raise concern that they invest lot of time and efforts to create videos but AI companies use them their work even without their knowledge. Millions of creators are investing time and effort to produce the content. Many fear AI videos may include factual mistakes or misinformation.
Experts are already raising concern that AI-generated videos on YouTube are posing a direct challenge to human-made videos. AI videos are faster, trendy and having potential to dominate algorithms and reduce income of YouTubers.
The situation in future could pose equal danger for many in Pakistan whose sole source of income is YouTube.
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