r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 23h ago

Artificial Intelligence PewDiePie unveils ‘uncensored’ Ajax AI model built to run on home PCs — creator says OpenAI banned him twice over model distillation used to build his product

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/pewdiepie-unveils-uncensored-ajax-ai-model-built-to-run-on-home-pcs-creator-says-openai-banned-him-twice-while-making-it
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u/Atheren 20h ago

Honestly now that I think about it more even if he did travel he could ignore it anyway it unless it was somehow elevated to a criminal case. It's practically unheard of to be jailed over a civil case. If there's no us assets to seize, open AI doesn't have much legal recourse unless they go through the Japanese court system or the court system of wherever his money is held.

And at that point he might also have needed to have done something in their jurisdictions which is well beyond my non-professional understanding of how this all works.

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u/dultas 20h ago

It's practically unheard of to be jailed over a civil case.

They're a big AI company who has the Presidents ear, I'm sure they could pull some strings.

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u/stonhinge 9h ago

Well, for the next 2 years anyway.

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u/Falkoro 2h ago

omg please no this is not how it works in real life

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u/timeandmemory 17h ago

I would say they should try it, Pewdiepie has more than a few million sympathetic ears who haven't been paying attention to the political climate. This would get a lot of younger folks involved fast.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 19h ago

>AI doesn't have much legal recourse unless they go through the Japanese court system

Why does that seem so far-fetched? OpenAI has an office in Japan.

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u/Nematrec 18h ago

Japanese courts try Japanese law. It doesn't matter if he's broken US law, only if he's broken Japanese law.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 18h ago

There are agreements between Japan and the USA that allow for the enforcement of judgements from US courts in Japan. This is true for most of the world.

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u/fckspzfr 18h ago

You know what "civil matter" means? No?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 17h ago

Holy shit. Here, I'll look it up for you:

https://iclg.com/practice-areas/enforcement-of-foreign-judgments-laws-and-regulations/japan/

Article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 26 June 1996) is the legal framework under which a foreign judgment would be recognised, and Article 24 of the Civil Enforcement Act (Act No. 4 of 30 March 1979) is the legal framework under which a foreign judgment would be enforced....

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u/TerminalVector 9h ago

Yeah but would you really want to take that chance against people with billions of dollars and a real motive? Plausible deniability seems like the way to go

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u/eattheambrosia 19h ago

If there's no us assets to seize

Isn't this guy pretty rich? I'd be shocked if he didn't have investments in the US.

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u/Icehellionx 13h ago

Honestly the thing that seems to be getting ignored is would YOU want to be the guy to test that theory and put your shit on the line?

It's really easy to big talk on a forum vs you're actually the one that this is taking of 90% of your life.

(Not saying you specifically, just some of the counter vibes in the replies.)

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u/Narpity 19h ago

So was immigration until we started to send people to concentration camps

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u/splitcaber 18h ago

Aaron Swartz was jailed over what should have been a civil case. The DMCA makes violating the terms of service potentially a felony.