Nvidia Scraping YouTube and Netflix Videos To Train AI Models: Report
Nvidia is reportedly using videos from YouTube, Netflix and other sources to train its AI models, raising ethical and privacy concerns among employees despite the company's assurances of compliance with copyright laws.
New Delhi, August 6: Nvidia is reportedly scraping videos from YouTube and Netflix to train its AI models. The use of video content from platforms like YouTube and Netflix is seen as a way to provide a vast and diverse dataset for training advanced AI models. The report highlights that the company has been using the data to improve its AI capabilities, but the method of obtaining the data raises questions about ethical aspects. The use of copyrighted material to train AI models has caused concern about whether it is ethical to use copyrighted material to train AI models.
As per a report of 404Media, Nvidia has scraped videos from YouTube and other sources to compile training data for its AI products. As per multiple reports, the practice has led to internal debates with some employees expressing concerns over the ethical implications and potential privacy issues. According to reports, Nvidia is working on creating an AI model called "Cosmos" specifically for video content. Nvidia Blackwell Chip Delay by 3 Months Could Affect Google, Microsoft, Meta: Report.
According to a report of The Hindu, when employees raised concerns about possible copyright problems, Nvidia assured them that they were fully following the principles of copyright law. They claimed to have obtained clearance from top-level executives within the company. In their efforts to develop the AI model, Nvidia reportedly uses various resources, including a movie trailer database, GitHub video datasets, internal libraries of video game footage and millions of YouTube videos. NVIDIA Introduces Software, Microservices To Boost Adoption of AI.
Why YouTube and Netflix?
Nvidia might be using videos from YouTube and Netflix for the need for extensive and varied data to train AI models effectively. These platforms offer vast video content, covering different genres and languages. By reportedly scraping videos from these sources, Nvidia can ensure its AI models are exposed to a wide range of scenarios to make them more versatile and accurate in their performance.
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