Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place

"But when it comes to its own tech being copied, Google has no problem pointing fingers. This week, the company accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI. In a Thursday report, Google complained it had become under "distillation attacks," with agents querying Gemini up to 100,000 times to "extract" the underlying model - the convoluted AI industry equivalent of copying somebody's homework, basically."

"Google called the attacks a "method of intellectual property theft that violates Google's terms of service" - which, let's face it, is a glaring double standard given its callous approach to scraping other IP without remuneration. Google remained vague on who it identified as the culprits, beyond pointing out "private sector entities" and "researchers seeking to clone proprietary logic." The stakes are high, as companies continue to pour tens of billions of dollars into AI infrastructure to make models more powerful."

Google relied on enormous amounts of material obtained without permission to train its Gemini AI models, and, like many competitors, scraped internet content without compensating rightsholders, prompting multiple copyright lawsuits. Google reported "distillation attacks" in which agents queried Gemini up to 100,000 times to extract the underlying model and said attackers were "commercially motivated," calling the practice intellectual property theft that violated its terms of service. Google named "private sector entities" and "researchers seeking to clone proprietary logic" but remained vague. Companies are investing tens of billions into AI infrastructure as model outputs converge and businesses scramble to preserve competitive differentiation.

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