Google is training AI tools on YouTube videos. Creators aren't happy

YouTube's content creators aren't being given an opt-out option by Google as the tech giant scrapes their content to train a new AI that they fear could ultimately replace them. — Photo: Catherine Waibel/dpa

LOS ANGELES: Santa Ana-based entrepreneur Charlie Chang spent years posting finance videos on YouTube before he made a profit.

Today, Chang's media business oversees more than 50 YouTube channels, along with other digital sites, and generates US$3mil (RM12.6mil) to US$4mil (RM16.9mil) in annual revenue, he said.