Google has been revealed to use a large number of YouTube videos to train AI models, but the creators know nothing about it

Passionategeekz On June 21, Google is using its huge YouTube video library to train AI models such as Gemini and Veo 3, which shocked many creators.

According to CNBC on the 19th, Google is calling up to 20 billion videos on the YouTube platform to train its own AI model. Google then responded,YouTube video data is indeed used, but only for some contentand an agreement has been reached with relevant creators or partners.

A YouTube spokesperson said: “We have been using content on the platform to optimize products, and the emergence of AI has not changed that. We also place great emphasis on setting boundaries, so we invest a lot of resources to create protection mechanisms to help creators defend their image rights in the AI ​​era.”

However, many creators are obviously unaware of it. Passionategeekz learned from the report that several respondents said theyNever notified or consultedcaught off guard by Google’s approach.

When uploading videos, users authorize YouTube to have extensive content usage rights. Creators can choose not to let third parties such as Amazon, Apple or Nvidia use video to train AI, butCan’t stopGoogle uses video content for training its own model.

YouTube doesn’t say how many or which videos are used for training. However, experts point out that even if you only call 1% of the video, it is equivalent toMore than 2.3 billion minutes of contentfar exceeds the amount of data used by some competitor models.

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