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MIT researchers used YouTube videos to train Speech2Face without consent
MIT researchers used YouTube videos, including one of Nick Sullivan, to train a model called Speech2Face that generates faces from voices. Sullivan discovered his data was used without his consent and expressed surprise. The researchers defended their use of public data, but the incident raised ethical questions about consent in AI research.
- Date it happened
- 2019-05-26
- Organisation involved
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Product, system or model
- Speech2Face
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