Nvidia logo and sign on headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Credit: MichaelVi/Adobe Stock Nvidia Slapped With Class Action by YouTube Creators for Using Content to Train AI Software
According to the suit, Santa Clara-based Nvidia, which designs the graphics processing units that power AI, illegally used "millions" of YouTube videos as training models for its "Cosmos" AI software, a deep-learning program that was designed to support such other Nvidia products as image generation and automated driving.
August 16, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Litigation
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What You Need to Know
- Nvidia was hit by a class action claim brought by Bursor & Fisher alleging it illegally uses YouTube content creators' videos to train its AI software.
- Two other class actions against Alphabet and OpenAI were filed by the same plaintiff earlier in the month.
- AI law experts say that this type of litigation will spur legislators and regulators to work toward establishing policies on AI and copyright infringement.
Computer chip titan Nvidia has become the latest Big Tech target of a series of class actions filed by the same plaintiff, a YouTube creator alleging that his content was illegally scraped to train artificial intelligence models.
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