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A recent investigation has revealed the secrets of collecting content for AI.
Video blogger David Millett has filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia. At the heart of the accusations is an investigation that showed that Nvidia massively collected videos from YouTube and other platforms to create its own artificial intelligence systems.
Millett argues that Nvidia benefited at his expense and other content creators by violating federal laws. The lawsuit says that the company, without the permission of the authors, collected materials from YouTube in order to build a new video model based on the data obtained. At the same time, the authors of the video did not agree to the collection.
An Nvidia spokesperson responded by saying that the company respects the rights of all content creators and acts in full compliance with the law. According to the company, "Exploring facts and ideas from publicly available sources, as well as creating new and transformative works, is not only fair, but also encouraged by the legal system."
Two weeks before filing a lawsuit against Nvidia, Millett filed a similar lawsuit against OpenAI, in which he claimed that OpenAI used millions of YouTube videos without the consent of the authors to train its generative models.
According to the investigation, Nvidia employees collected YouTube videos using virtual machines on the Amazon Web Services platform to avoid blocking IP addresses for data collection.
A former Nvidia employee said workers were asked to download videos from Netflix, YouTube and other sources to train AI models, such as the Omniverse 3D world generator, systems for self-driving cars and products with "digital people." The project, dubbed Cosmos, has not yet been presented to the general public. Employees also discussed the possibility of recording the screen from Netflix and collecting data from Vimeo, as well as from pirate sites.
When Nvidia employees raised concerns about the ethics and legality of such actions, managers said that the decision to create a database to train the model was made at the highest level. An Nvidia spokesperson said at the time that the company respects the rights of content creators and is confident that its models and research efforts comply with the law.
However, the lawsuit against Nvidia is not about copyright infringement. Instead, Millett accuses the company of illegal use of content, unfair competition, and unfair enrichment. The lawsuit alleges that the amount of damages exceeds $ 5 million, and that more than 100 authors may take part in the class action.
The document states that Nvidia's unscrupulous business practices are "detrimental to consumers, unethical, unfair and immoral." The company used Millett's video to train the Cosmos program for commercial gain without the consent of the author and other parties to the lawsuit. Nvidia and Millett's lawyers did not comment on the lawsuit.
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Video blogger David Millett has filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia. At the heart of the accusations is an investigation that showed that Nvidia massively collected videos from YouTube and other platforms to create its own artificial intelligence systems.
Millett argues that Nvidia benefited at his expense and other content creators by violating federal laws. The lawsuit says that the company, without the permission of the authors, collected materials from YouTube in order to build a new video model based on the data obtained. At the same time, the authors of the video did not agree to the collection.
An Nvidia spokesperson responded by saying that the company respects the rights of all content creators and acts in full compliance with the law. According to the company, "Exploring facts and ideas from publicly available sources, as well as creating new and transformative works, is not only fair, but also encouraged by the legal system."
Two weeks before filing a lawsuit against Nvidia, Millett filed a similar lawsuit against OpenAI, in which he claimed that OpenAI used millions of YouTube videos without the consent of the authors to train its generative models.
According to the investigation, Nvidia employees collected YouTube videos using virtual machines on the Amazon Web Services platform to avoid blocking IP addresses for data collection.
A former Nvidia employee said workers were asked to download videos from Netflix, YouTube and other sources to train AI models, such as the Omniverse 3D world generator, systems for self-driving cars and products with "digital people." The project, dubbed Cosmos, has not yet been presented to the general public. Employees also discussed the possibility of recording the screen from Netflix and collecting data from Vimeo, as well as from pirate sites.
When Nvidia employees raised concerns about the ethics and legality of such actions, managers said that the decision to create a database to train the model was made at the highest level. An Nvidia spokesperson said at the time that the company respects the rights of content creators and is confident that its models and research efforts comply with the law.
However, the lawsuit against Nvidia is not about copyright infringement. Instead, Millett accuses the company of illegal use of content, unfair competition, and unfair enrichment. The lawsuit alleges that the amount of damages exceeds $ 5 million, and that more than 100 authors may take part in the class action.
The document states that Nvidia's unscrupulous business practices are "detrimental to consumers, unethical, unfair and immoral." The company used Millett's video to train the Cosmos program for commercial gain without the consent of the author and other parties to the lawsuit. Nvidia and Millett's lawyers did not comment on the lawsuit.
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