A YouTube creator named David Millette filed a complaint on behalf of other YouTubers to withhold the rights to their uploaded videos and declare that they never allow an OpenAI, ChatGPT, or GPT-4o to use them.
In accordance with the report, “OpenAI Incorporation is allegedly transcribing millions of YouTube videos to train its AI software products without the authorization of YouTube creators.”
This news has attracted similar lawsuits against OpenAI from authors, recording artists, and even Hollywood actors. They claimed that some self-learning AI programs used their words and voices without permission. However, this raised the consequence of copyright infringement and other breaches of intellectual property rights.
“By transcribing and using these videos in this way, Defendants profit from Plaintiff’s and class members’ data time and time again.” “OpenAI made their products more valuable to prospective and current users, who purchase subscriptions to access them,” the complaint says, discovering how others’ video is used to refine their models. “Plaintiff and class members received nothing from this transaction.”
The complaint filed in the US District Court in the Northern District of California on August 2 states that OpenAI secretly transcribed the content to create training datasets that it used to orient other AI products.
OpenAI’s alleged malpractice is attributed to how its products, LLMs, are built, the suit says. LLMs are types of AI software designed to prase and emit natural language and are trained by duplicating immense amounts of text from various sources into the model.
In addition, the proposed class section claims the laws against unjust enrichment or restitution and a statutory claim for unfair competition under California law. The lawsuit also seeks damages, equitable monetary relief, injunctive relief, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs.
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