This Startup Wants YouTube Creators to Get Paid for AI Training Data

So far, when AI companies have trained on YouTube's invaluable stash of videos, captions, and other content, they've done so without permission. An AI-focused content licensing startup called Calliope Networks is hoping to change that with its new "License to Scrape," a program aimed directly at YouTube stars. "There's obvious demand from AI companies to scrape YouTube content. We see that by their actions. So what we're trying to do is to create a tool that makes it legal and simple for them," says Calliope Networks CEO Dave Davis.