00:00Multiple YouTube creators are accusing a number of companies including Apple of
00:05stealing their content to train AI. Investigations done by Wired and Proof
00:09News claim that over 170,000 subtitles from over 48,000 different YouTube
00:15channels were used to train AI from multiple tech companies. And it's not
00:20just small creators that are being affected. According to the report, huge
00:24youtubers and even celebrities such as PewDiePie, MrBeast and even Jimmy
00:28Kimmel have been affected. MKBHD, a tech video creator allegedly affected by the
00:33situation, took to X shortly after the Wired article was published to write,
00:38fun fact, I pay a service by the minute for more accurate transcriptions of my
00:43own videos which I then upload to YouTube's backend. So companies that
00:47scrape transcripts are stealing paid work in more than one way. Not great. The
00:52official report from Wired on the situation reads, an investigation by
00:56Proof News found some of the wealthiest AI companies in the world have used
01:00material from thousands of YouTube videos to train AI. Companies did so
01:05despite YouTube's rules against harvesting materials from the platform
01:08without permission. Some are speaking out online condemning these companies for
01:13using YouTube subtitles, while others debate whether or not the practice can
01:17actually be considered stealing.
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