Authors sue Nvidia for copyright infringement in NeMo AI training
Three authors have filed a proposed class action against Nvidia, alleging the company used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. The dataset, containing approximately 196,640 volumes, was removed in October 2023 after copyright infringement reports. The authors are seeking unspecified damages on behalf of US writers whose works were used in the past three years.
- Company involved
- Nvidia
- AI system involved
- NeMo
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Duke University's PULSE AI upscaler turns Barack Obama white due to racial bias
Duke University researchers developed PULSE, an AI tool that upscales blurry face photos using Nvidia's StyleGAN model. When tested, it generated a white face from a pixelated image of Barack Obama, revealing racial bias. The bias stemmed from StyleGAN's training data being predominantly white and the evaluation dataset CelebA being 90% white. The researchers acknowledged the issue and updated their paper, while Nvidia stated it is working to mitigate bias.
- Company involved
- Duke University
- AI system involved
- PULSE
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Big Tech companies used YouTube videos to train AI without consent
Proof News found that subtitles from 173,536 YouTube videos were used by companies including Anthropic, Nvidia, Apple, and Salesforce to train AI models. The dataset, called YouTube Subtitles, was created by EleutherAI and published in 2020. Creators were not aware and some have expressed frustration, calling it theft. The companies have acknowledged using the dataset but argue it was publicly available.
- Company involved
- Anthropic, Nvidia, Apple, Salesforce, Bloomberg, Databricks
- AI system involved
- Claude, OpenELM
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YouTube creator sues Nvidia and OpenAI over video scraping
David Millette filed a federal lawsuit alleging Nvidia and OpenAI scraped his YouTube videos without permission to train their AI models. The lawsuit seeks class action status and alleges unjust enrichment and unfair competition. Nvidia denied wrongdoing, stating it respects content creators' rights.
- Company involved
- Nvidia
- AI system involved
- Cosmos AI
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Nvidia releases AI-powered Eye Contact feature for Broadcast app
Nvidia has released a beta version of Eye Contact, an AI-powered feature for its Broadcast app that replaces a user's eyes in video streams with simulated eyeballs that always face the camera. The feature is intended to maintain eye contact even when the user looks away, but social media response has been largely negative. A former TV news anchor said that unbroken eye contact can be regarded as creepy or uncomfortable.
- Company involved
- Nvidia
- AI system involved
- Eye Contact
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Hikvision sells Uyghur recognition system to Chinese authorities
Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance company, sold a facial recognition system powered by NVIDIA to authorities in the People's Republic of China. The system is designed to identify Uyghur individuals, enabling ethnic profiling and surveillance. The article reports that the system was marketed as a tool for public security and was deployed without transparency or accountability. No specific incident of harm is described, but the potential for widespread discrimination and human rights abuses is highlighted.
- Company involved
- Hikvision
- AI system involved
- Uyghur recognition system
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Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Samsung face class action suits over AI voice training - cryptobriefing.com
The AI voice models were trained on the plaintiffs' voice recordings without their consent.
- Company involved
- Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Alphabet, Adobe, ElevenLabs
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Tech Giants Face Illinois Lawsuits Over Voice Data Used to Train AI - Межа. Новини України.
The companies used individuals' voice recordings without permission to train AI models.
- Company involved
- Apple, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Alphabet, Adobe, ElevenLabs
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