Tech Giants Used YouTube Videos Without Permission to Train AI
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An investigation by Proof News and Wired reveals that tech giants like NVIDIA, Apple, Salesforce, and Anthropic used subtitles from over 170,000 YouTube videos to train their AI models, violating YouTube's rules against unauthorized data harvesting. The dataset, part of a larger compilation called The Pile, includes content from educational institutions and popular YouTubers. Despite the questionable legality, these companies have openly documented their use of The Pile in research papers.
- 170,000+ YouTube Videos Were Used by Silicon Valley Giants to Train AI 80.lv
- Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI WIRED
- YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos Ars Technica
- If you think AI labs wouldn't stoop to using scraped YouTube subtitles for training, think again The Register
- Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to train AI models Engadget
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