Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on November 16, 2023.
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letter CEO Sundar Pichai says Google will “fix this” if confirmed Microsoft-Supported OpenAI relies on YouTube content to train artificial intelligence models that can generate videos.
OpenAI technical lead Mira Murati made the remarks in an interview with CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa on Tuesday. wall street journal In March, she was unsure whether the YouTube videos were part of the training materials for the Sora model that the company launched earlier this year.
OpenAI leverages both public and authorized data, Murati said. Later the New York Times report OpenAI has transcribed more than 1 million hours of YouTube videos.
Asked whether Google would sue OpenAI if it violated the search company’s terms of service, Pichai did not provide specific details.
“Look, I think that’s a question they need to answer,” Pichai said. “I don’t have anything to add. We do have clear terms of service. So, you know, I think typically on these things we work with the company and make sure they understand our terms of service. We’ll work it out.”
Pichai said Google has a process in place to find out whether OpenAI failed to comply with the rules. Newspapers such as The New York Times have pointed the finger at OpenAI for allegedly violating copyright laws and training models in its articles.
Pichai’s interview follows a keynote address to developers at Google’s I/O conference, where executives announced new artificial intelligence models, including one called Veo that can synthesize videos. Those who want early access must get approval from Google.
OpenAI got a head start on Monday’s Google event. The company showcased an AI model called GPT-4o and showed how users of its ChatGPT mobile app can have real voice conversations, interrupt the AI assistant and have it analyze what appears in front of a smartphone camera. content. On Tuesday, Google showed off similar upcoming features.
“I don’t think they’ve made demos available to users yet,” Pichai said of OpenAI. “I don’t think it’s available in product.”
OpenAI said in a blog post on Monday that customers with its ChatGPT Plus subscription will be able to try an early version of the new voice mode in the coming weeks. Pichai said that Google’s Project Astra multimedia chat feature will be introduced to its Gemini chatbot later this year.
“We know exactly how to solve this problem, and we’re going to do it right,” Pichai said.
Since showing a preview last year, Google has relied on its custom Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) and NVIDIA popular graphics processing units, he said.Google said during its keynote that it will start showing its artificial intelligence overview in search results for all users in the United States
in June, apple The Worldwide Developers Conference will be held in Cupertino, California. Bloomberg It was reported in March that Apple was discussing the idea of adding Gemini to the iPhone. Pichai told Bosa that Google “has had a great relationship with Apple over the years.” A Google expert witness told the court in November that the company gave Apple 36% of Safari search ad revenue.
“We’re committed to delivering great experiences across the Apple ecosystem,” Pichai said. “This is something we take very seriously, and I’m confident – we have a lot of ways to make sure our products are easy to use. Today, after testing, We’ve found that AI Overview has become a popular feature on iOS, so we’re going to continue — including Gemini — to make that happen.
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