NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- YouTubers and other digital content creators are selling their unused video footage to artificial intelligence (AI) companies seeking exclusive videos to better train their AI algorithms, oftentimes netting thousands of dollars per deal, Bloomberg News on Friday cited industry source.
"OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, AI media company Moonvalley and several other AI companies are collectively paying hundreds of content creators for access to their unpublished videos," said the report. "That content, which hasn't been posted elsewhere online, is considered valuable for training artificial intelligence systems since it's unique."
AI companies are currently paying between 1 U.S. dollar and 4 dollars per minute of footage, with prices increasing depending on video quality or format. Videos that are shot in 4K, for example, go for a higher price, as does non-traditional footage like videos captured from drones or using 3D animations, it said.
Most footage, such as unused video created for networks like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, is selling for somewhere between 1 dollar and 2 dollars per minute, it added. ■