[Air-L] OpenAI & Rev transcriptions: Ethics concern?

[Hamlet Lopez]

Hi Natalie,

I won't talk about the ethics involved here. But you can get high
quality automatic transcription of your interviews for free, from your
personal computer, if you are not afraid of console programs. You can
use open source software.

Check https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp

I use whisper.cpp for interviews in Spanish, with excelent results.
The English language models are even better.

Best wishes,

Hamlet

On 9/6/23, Natalie Rock via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> Ethics mavens, your insights would be appreciated: should I be concerned
> about this note sent from Rev.com? I use Rev to create automated transcripts
> of research interviews. Does this note imply my transcripts might be used
> for AI training?
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Your Team at Rev <yourteam at rev.com>
>> Date: September 6, 2023 at 14:08:15 PDT
>>
>> In your Terms of Service and Data Processing Agreement with Rev, we commit
>> to notifying you before any new third-party sub-processor starts
>> processing applicable data. We’re sending this message because we’re
>> planning to appoint a new third-party sub-processor for Rev to support an
>> upcoming new feature.
>>
>> OpenAI - OpenAI is a company focused on AI research and deployment. Their
>> API platform provides models, tools, and technologies for AI development.
>> These services are utilized to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and
>> flexibility of both human and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) services.
>> This new third-party sub-processor has been verified to ensure it meets
>> Rev security and privacy standards and will meet Rev’s data processing
>> terms. No customer owned data will be provided to this third party until
>> the sub-processor notification period has passed.‌
>>
>>
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-- 
Dr.C. Hamlet López García
Investigador
Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural
"Juan Marinello"
Profesor
Universidad de la Habana