Medal is owned by an AI lab and trains on your clips by default

Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Privacy and Visibility and turn off Research and Development

Published 2/13/2026

Medal, the game clip app, is owned by General Intuition, a world model AI lab.

They weren’t bought; Medal turned into General Intuition and raised $133.7M to train models. I read their seed announcement when it was posted, but didn’t think about it until I found out a friend of mine used Medal.

They are training on your clips:

This next frontier in AI requires large scale interaction data, but is severely data constrained. Meanwhile, nearly 1 billion videos are posted to Medal each year. Each of them represents the conclusion of a series of actions and events that players find unique.

Medal’s privacy policy doesn’t mention General Intuition, only “third parties”:

Please note that any uploaded Clips and associated labels and metadata may be shared with third parties to facilitate the creation of data algorithms, data-based features, or AI algorithms, and for other AI model development and training, and improvement of related products and services, including as described in the “Intellectual Property and User Generated Content” section [of] our Terms of Service.

General Intuition says on their homepage “As a public-benefit corporation, we will not develop technology that replaces designers, artists or creators. Instead, we believe that we can create entirely new, previously impossible experiences”. I have reason to believe one of those experiences is called “KILL EVERYONE”:

General Intutiton has a job application for "Applied AI Engineer (Spatial and Embodied AI)" located in Washington DC that says you will work with customers operating in the aerospace and defense sector

I wonder what the video of a drone and the Palantir logo on their homepage could be signaling?

I use Medal, what should I do?

Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Privacy and Visibility and turn off Research and Development:

Research and Development: Your uploaded clips and associated metadata may be used to support research and the development of automated systems, including machine learning technologies and Medal's feed algorithm. This helps enhance the product's performance and safety and support Medal's continued development

What should I use instead of Medal?

There’s no federal law that stops General Intuition from removing the opt-out option. You may also have ethical qualms with using software developed by what is likely a defense company.

ShareX has an instant clip button, and since it’s ShareX, can upload the video to a server and give you a link.

OBS has a “Replay Buffer” feature, but I can’t attest to the user experience.

AMD and NVIDIA also have replay software.

You can also just keep using Medal while you still safely can, just make sure you are opted out.