Some of the world's largest tech companies have trained AI models using datasets that included unauthorized transcripts of more than 173,000 YouTube videos. Proof Newsrevealed how companies including Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropocene used transcripts of YouTube videos from more than 48,000 channels, going against YouTube's platform rules that Google executives have repeatedly cited.
Earlier this month, Apple was criticized for failing to disclose the source of training data for Apple Intelligence, its proprietary generative AI.
These AI models have been trained on some of your favorite YouTube stars, like Marques Brownlee and MrBeast, as well as Engadget's own Cherlynn Low. (We love you, Cher.)
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