Poisoning the Well and Other Generative AI Risks

One of the recent groups damaged by illicit AI generation are YouTubers, the video creators who host their own shows on YouTube. There are numerous cases of YouTube videos — specifically informative or news-based ones — being ripped off by other parties. One way to do this is to copy the captions on a target video. This way, AI generated versions may look different but can be based on the same content. Copies are made as quickly and automatically as possible, and are then published without crediting the real authors. Sometimes the videos…