An AI video generator tool developed by Runway was trained on thousands of YouTube videos from Marques Brownlee and other content creators, states a newly published report.
A spreadsheet oftraining datasourced by the outlet includes videos from popular influencers and content creators, including Marques Brownlee, Casey Neistat, Sam Kolder, Benjamin Hardman, and numerous others.
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The AI tool is also claimed to have taken content from the YouTube channels of thousands of media and entertainment companies, including The New Yorker, VICE News, Pixar, Disney, Netflix, Sony, and others.
AI training under fire
The news comes after a Wired report accused Apple, Nvidia, and others ofusing videos from YouTubers (including MKBHD) to train their AI models.
The response on social media has been less than welcoming to the oncoming flood of AI scrapers:
“This is a problem. We are in the Wild West with training and sourcing these training data of these models,” commented a user on MKBHD’s post on X.
“Yikes, this is going to be a slippery slope without proper laws and rules,” said another. “Seems like a common theme,” noted one user.
Anurag Singh was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, expertly covering laptops, smartphones, and wearables. He covers the biggest tech news from major brands such as Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft. He also has bylines at Android Police, Neowin, MakeTechEasier, Gizmochina.
