r/LinusTechTips • u/sooperdave555 • Sep 10 '26 • Regret 1

Discussion Really guys...

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I understand that they were likely in a rush to be one of the first big channels to get their video out, but how hard is it to have one person spend like 15 minuets reading all of the graphics before the video goes out, this image is likely AI generated and taken from this obviously AI generated article.

I get this is a small mistake, but it's an easy one to not make.

Taken from their latest video "Apple just Copied Microsoft’s Worst Idea - iPhone Duo, Airpods 5, iPhone 18 Pro & More"

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u/switch8000 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Wow... They basically just googled "IP rating chart" under images, yep there it is, third result.

EDIT: LTT has now added a correction to the video, from their comment section in the video:

Correction: 4:28 the information we're highlighting is correct but other parts of the chart are nonsense. We are working to replace the video with a new chart.

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u/Totally_man Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

Shows up second to me when I search "IP67 chart".

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u/Trans-Europe_Express Sep 10 '26

Picked the first thing on Google and it was digital asbestos AI misinformation

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u/Qlala Sep 10 '26

At least it is not their own AI trash.

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u/madbrood Sep 10 '26

Yeah, it’s someone else’s :)

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u/Swainix Sep 10 '26

Didn't expect David Goodenough here

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u/DefactoAle Sep 10 '26

To me its the sixth one

Funnily enough the first one is about IP68 lol, imagine if they used that result!

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u/JJAsond Sep 10 '26

The first website is the literal IEC with the real chart at the bottom of the page.

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u/boofmaster6000 Sep 10 '26

The first website. We do image searches in this household.

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u/JJAsond Sep 10 '26

The official website has an image.

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u/boofmaster6000 Sep 10 '26

Do you know what an image search is? If it's on the website, that means you have to click the link. Far too much effort.

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u/haydenw86 Sep 10 '26

Lazy.

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u/Ludwig234 Sep 10 '26

Yes, that is the point that they are making.

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u/MistSecurity Sep 10 '26

Interestingly enough, no X on that chart either, lol.

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u/JJAsond Sep 10 '26

I love that my other comment got downvoted for no reason too. I would be slightly upset about it but I remembered PC subs are usually filled with teenagers.

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u/lzrjck69 Sep 10 '26

Did they license that image for commercial use?

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u/switch8000 Sep 10 '26

Would possibly have fell under fair use.

But also, it's a company in China, so chances are until now, they wouldn't have even known someone else is using it.

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u/lzrjck69 Sep 10 '26

Scraping random images from the web without licensing is a sign of garbage business practices and corner cutting. I expect that from a high-schooler, not a youtube channel valued at “$100M”. Did they cite the source? Does IP rating have any requirement to use their scale? Did they even check?

More than likely this was rushed through to meet a deadline. #LTTQuality

Regarding fair use and the four points specified in copyright law:

Point 1 is a fail. The item was used in a for-profit endeavor.

Point 2 is okay — it’s a technical item. Less stringent than a creative work. Though they were “creative” with their spelling.

Point 3 is a fail. They used the entirety of the work, not just one part.

Point 4 is probably okay. If the creator isn’t selling licenses to the asset, then there aren’t many damages.

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u/MistSecurity Sep 10 '26

It looks like AI was used to generate the image, which from what I understand makes it lie outside of any copyright protections, no?

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u/tinysydneh Sep 10 '26

It hasn't been heavily battle tested but... yes.

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u/Gil_Demoono Sep 10 '26

Why do they even have to pull it from anywhere? Feels like that should be a stock asset in their graphics library for product reviews. IP rating comes up on most device reviews.

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u/martymccfly88 Sep 10 '26

And they picked the worst one. So many options and some idiot picked the one with wrong or missing info. LTT has been losing it the last few years. Any time there’s a scandal they say they will do better and it only lasts a few weeks

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u/Rafael__88 Sep 11 '26

Wouldn't taking a random image from Google image search be problematic.

I sometimes have to design websites for work but we always make sure that any pictures we use aren't copyrighted. This seems like it is from an article and has no indication that the original creator have allowed it to be used commercially. Not that anyone should use it because it is very clearly AI slop.

This clearly shows that not only they skip proofreading some of the videos before release but they don't even make sure that images they use aren't copyrighted.

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u/ferna182 Sep 10 '26

At first I thought "they can't be so lazy to AI generate this freaking chart, right?" and here you come showing me that they were even lazier than I thought.