Recently there was a lot of buzz about the company Zoom implementing a policy where they will essentially have the rights to use user data and content to train its AI for future functionalities. Apparently, it was originally only for people who opt in when they use certain services which in itself makes you wonder if that means everyone will just click accept without reading through everything. This is a hot topic of course where companies are using other people’s work as training sources for its AI bots resulting in lawsuits.
Apparently because of the backlash the company has temporarily reverted its policy on the matter. What is interesting is how for many they don’t seem to mind as much when it relates to other people as one would say tough luck. But in this case when people realize companies may be making money out of their “creations” per se then it triggers a similar reaction to those they read about before.
It makes me wonder if in the future there will be broad laws about AI in general where everyone by default owns their own exclusive rights to AI usage similar to how if you write and publish something then by default your work is protected. One argument is this is no different than someone reading a book, learning from it to then create their own work based on that knowledge. I think the trickier thing is the AI is literally a clone in many ways of say whatever book they copied as there are a lot of examples of AI Bots simply spitting out word for word from an article it read as an example. Even consumers seem to be more weary of how companies use their data nowadays.