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YouTube Says OpenAI Training Sora With its Videos Would Break the Rules
Apr 04, 2024 · bloomberg.com
Key takeaways
- YouTube's CEO, Neal Mohan, stated that using YouTube videos to train OpenAI’s text-to-video generator would be a violation of the platform's terms of service.
- Mohan made his first public remarks on the topic, but admitted he had no firsthand knowledge of whether OpenAI had actually used YouTube videos for its AI tool.
- The AI-powered video creation tool in question is called Sora.
- If OpenAI did use YouTube videos to refine Sora, it would be a “clear violation” of YouTube’s terms of use, according to Mohan.