YouTube says OpenAI training Sora with its videos would break the rules

Using YouTube videos to train OpenAI's text-to-video generator would be against the terms of service of the platform, says Mohan. — Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik

The use of YouTube videos to train OpenAI’s text-to-video generator would be an infraction of the platform's terms of service, YouTube chief executive officer Neal Mohan said.

In his first public remarks on the topic, Mohan said he had no firsthand knowledge of whether OpenAI had, in fact, used YouTube videos to refine its artificial intelligence-powered video creation tool, called Sora. But if that were the case, it would be a “clear violation” of YouTube’s terms of use, he said.