File under "You Can't Make This Stuff Up."
Somehow, it actually seems like a farcical April Fools…
April Fools' Day Four Days Late? Google Objects to OpenAI Using YouTube to Train Its Own Generator
File under "You Can't Make This Stuff Up."
Somehow, it actually seems like a farcical April Fools' Day headline, in fact. Google, with its deep history of scraping and scanning other sources' substantive content for its own uses, now objects to OpenAI using YouTube content to train its text-to-video generator:
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."
Optimists might hope that Google is finally recognizing and preparing to correct its wayward course, while realists and cynics will roll their eyes at what they'll label naivete. As the old adage goes, however, "every saint has a past, every sinner has a future," so we'll maintain hope.…[more]
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Center for Individual Freedom (“CFIF”) this week launched a public education effort urging Congress to reject the partisan policy wish list being pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of her caucus, as well as others across the country, and to focus on America’s priorities instead.
Specifically, the effort is anchored by a :30 digital ad in Oklahoma, which warns viewers about specific issues in H.R. 6800, the so-called “HEROES Act” recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, and acknowledging Congressman Tom Cole for focusing on our nation’s priorities instead. The ad concludes by asking viewers to call Congressman Cole and ask him to “keep fighting for America’s priorities – and stopping the liberals’ wish list.”
“Priorities”
Founded in 1998, the Center for Individual Freedom is a constitutional and free-market advocacy organization with more than 300,000 supporters and activists nationwide.
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