Google Utilizes YouTube Library for AI Training, Raising IP Concerns

🗝️ Key Points

• Google is leveraging its vast YouTube video library to train artificial intelligence models, including the Gemini and Veo3 video and audio generators.
• According to an insider, Google is using a repository of 20 billion YouTube videos as training data for its next-generation AI tools.
• While Google confirmed the use of YouTube content for AI model training, it emphasized that only a portion of the content is used, adhering to specific agreements with creators and media companies.A YouTube spokesperson stated that the platform has consistently utilized its content to optimize products, a practice unchanged by the advent of AI technology.

Google is leveraging its vast YouTube video library to train artificial intelligence models, including the Gemini and Veo3 video and audio generators. According to an insider, Google is using a repository of 20 billion YouTube videos as training data for its next-generation AI tools. While Google confirmed the use of YouTube content for AI model training, it emphasized that only a portion of the content is used, adhering to specific agreements with creators and media companies.

A YouTube spokesperson stated that the platform has consistently utilized its content to optimize products, a practice unchanged by the advent of AI technology. Recognizing the need for protective measures, YouTube has developed robust safeguards to help creators protect their image and likeness rights in the AI era.

Experts warn that using YouTube videos for AI training could trigger intellectual property crises among creators and media companies. Despite YouTube’s prior disclosure, many creators and media organizations are reportedly unaware of Google’s use of their video library for AI model training. YouTube has not specified how many or which of the 20 billion videos are used for AI training, but even utilizing 1% equates to 2.3 billion minutes of content—over 40 times the data volume typically used for similar AI model training.

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