Apple and Major Tech Firms Accused of Using YouTube Subtitles for AI Training Without Consent

Investigation reveals unauthorized use of video transcripts by Apple, Nvidia, and others, sparking ethical and legal concerns

Apple denies using transcribed YouTube videos for its Apple Intelligence AI, claiming it uses licensed data.
The dataset, compiled by EleutherAI, includes subtitles from over 173,000 videos across 48,000 channels.
Affected creators include prominent YouTubers like MrBeast, Marques Brownlee, and educational channels like Khan Academy.
The unauthorized use of YouTube data violates the platform's terms of service, raising questions about ethical AI practices.
Tech companies argue they are not at fault as they did not directly scrape the data themselves.