OpenAI CTO Mira Murati could not answer the question “Was Sora trained with YouTube videos?” asked by Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal last month. But YouTube CEO Neal Mohan was quick to respond.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Mohan clarified that content uploaded to YouTube must comply with the platform’s terms of service and that downloading video snippets is prohibited.
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YouTube CEO warns OpenAI
As good as it is for publishers to prevent AI systems from using their content and for YouTube’s CEO to warn OpenAI sternly, Mohan’s remarks reveal Google’s monopoly.
While Google uses web publishers’ data to train its search engine and artificial intelligence, it ironically warns OpenAI not to do the same with its own YouTube data.
Calling it innovation for tech giants to copy and re-present the open web only serves their interests. Companies like OpenAI’s systems are unwittingly contributing to creating a giant imitation machine, which is extremely worrying from an ethical point of view.
In the meantime, videos produced with artificial intelligence are not new, and Sora’s ability to produce videos without human intervention is remarkable.
On the other hand, Sora, which does not yet have clear information about its launch date and educational data, came to the agenda with the music video for the song “Worldweight.” August Kamp owns the song.
The video features wonderful scenes, such as a giant crystal in a garden, psychedelic plants, and underwater coral reefs, set to music.
Sora offers a visual feast and questions the role of artificial intelligence in creative content production. Like OpenAI’s other tools, ChatGPT and DALL-E, Sora’s educational data raises concerns about copyright infringement and job displacement.
To alleviate these concerns, OpenAI is testing Sora with a select group of testers and gathering feedback. The film industry has also expressed interest in Sora, which is expected to impact filmmaking and other creative fields significantly.
By the way, we recently told you about OpenAI’s exciting voice cloning technology, Voice Engine. For detailed information, see our related article.
The AI video creation revolution that OpenAI started with Sora pushes creative boundaries and raises many ethical and legal questions. It remains to be seen how this revolution will take shape and what awaits us.
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