GeForce GPU giant has been data scraping 80 years' worth of videos every day for AI training to 'unlock various downstream applications critical to Nvidia'

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GeForce GPU giant has been data scraping 80 years' worth of videos every day for AI training to 'unlock various downstream applications critical to Nvidia'
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Leaked documents, including spreadsheets, emails, and chat messages, show that Nvidia has been using millions of YouTube videos, Netflix, and other sources to train an AI model to be used in its Omniverse, autonomous vehicles, and digital avatar platforms.service) had staff use dozens of virtual PCs on Amazon Web Service to download so many videos per day that Nvidia accumulated over 30 million URLs in the space of one month.

404 Media asked Nvidia to comment on the legal and ethical aspects of using copyrighted material for AI training and the company replied that it was in"in full compliance with the letter and the spirit of copyright law." A senior research scientist at Nvidia explained why to other employees:"We don't yet have statistics or video files yet, because the infras is not yet set up to capture lots of live game videos & actions. There're both engineering & regulatory hurdles to hop through."

It's not just about copyright, either, as video content often contains personal data. While there isn't a single, overriding federal law in the US that is directly applicable here, there are plenty of regulations concerning collecting and using personal data. In the EU, the is a law that is expressly clear on how such data can be used, even outside of the EU.

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