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Can AI startups “steal” first and then “process”?

2024-08-15

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IT Home reported on August 15 that Eric Schmidt, former CEO and chairman of Google, caused great controversy in his speech at Stanford University yesterday. In addition to saying that Google employees believe that "working from home is more important than winning", he also talked about the future development of artificial intelligence.It is openly stated that AI startups can first steal intellectual property (IP) through AI tools, and then hire lawyers to handle legal disputes.


Schmidt took the short video platform TikTok as an example, claiming that if TikTok was banned, anyone could use AI to generate a similar application, directly steal all users, all music and other content (Make me a copy of TikTok, steal all the users, steal all the music), and quickly put it online.If the product is a hit, the entrepreneur only needs to hire a lawyer to solve the legal problems; if the product fails, the theft will be insignificant. He even said that this is how Silicon Valley works.

Schmidt is a former Google CEO. As a Silicon Valley veteran and investor in numerous startups, his remarks will undoubtedly raise public doubts about the moral bottom line of technology giants.

IT Home noticed that Stanford University has deleted the relevant video. Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal earlier that he "misrepresented Google's work schedule" and asked for the video to be deleted.