Denas Grybauskas is the Chief Governance and Strategy Officer at Oxylabs, a global leader in web intelligence collection and premium proxy solutions.
Oxylabs, founded in 2015, offers one of the largest ethically sourced proxy networks worldwide with advanced tools like Web Unblocker and AI-powered scraping assistant.
Grybauskas discusses the importance of balancing innovation and responsibility in AI at Oxylabs, emphasizing the need to protect creators' rights.
The interview delves into the UK's copyright debate between AI innovation and creator rights, advocating for finding a middle ground.
Oxylabs introduced ethical YouTube datasets with creator consent for AI training, promoting responsible AI development.
The approach of requiring explicit opt-in from creators for AI training datasets and the challenges it poses to AI industry innovation are discussed.
Grybauskas envisions extending content licensing models like YouTube's to music, writing, and digital art for systematic use as training data.
The importance of transparent data use and consent as competitive advantages for tech companies is highlighted in rebuilding trust in AI training.
Ethical initiatives at Oxylabs align with the company's broader vision of promoting ethical industry practices and responsible web data collection.
Regarding consent for training data, Grybauskas suggests a voluntary industry-led initiative over mandated government regulations to balance ethics and innovation.