OpenAI Failed to Deliver Opt-out Tool
Back in May, OpenAI said it was developing a tool to let creators specify how they want their works to be included in — or excluded from — its AI training data. But seven months later, this feature has yet to see the light of day.
Called Media Manager, the tool would “identify copyrighted text, images, audio, and video,” OpenAI said at the time, to reflect creators’ preferences “across multiple sources.” It was intended to stave off some of the company’s fiercestcritics, and potentially shield OpenAI from IP-related legal challenges.
But people familiar tell TechCrunch that the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally. “I don’t think it was a priority,” one former OpenAI employee said. “To be honest, I don’t remember anyone working on it.”
This was promised by 2025. I’m not holding my breath, but I’m guessing that it happens before Apple’s OCSP preference because there’s a decent chance a court will order it.
Previously:
- Microsoft’s Suleyman on AI Scraping
- AI Companies Ignoring Robots.txt
- Apple Intelligence Training
- The New York Times Sues OpenAI
- Apple Memory Holes OCSP Preference
- Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee
- Suing OpenAI and Meta for Copyright Infringement
