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AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent
(arstechnica.com)
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View is not the same as "use in a commercial enterprise to turn a profit". Only a fool would think that's the same thing.
This. Anyone can view content online.
Training a visual model off those images requires feeding those images into a model, and that is not the terms under which you originally viewed them.
It's why OpenAI is currently facing tons of lawsuits it may legitimately lose in court.
Probably not though, they can just settle and pay a fee. Deep pockets.
You're allowed to video tape in public for profit. Do we consider paying photos online to be public?
You're allowed to take videos in public, yes. but someone can't then steal that video and use it for just any purpose.
There's a clear distinction
It's more like it you put it on your porch and say "free take a copy".
Not of children. You have to get written permission from their parents -- or you used to, at least.