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AI vs. YouTube Creators: What’s at Stake When Your Videos Train the New Machine

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What’s the Controversy? Creators are increasingly alarmed that their YouTube videos—especially transcripts/subtitles—are being used without explicit permission to train AI models. These datasets (notably something called YouTube Subtitles, part of the larger Pile) include text derived from thousands of videos…

New Debate Over AI Content Scraping

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Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought amazing changes but also sparked debates, especially around how it uses online content to “learn.” A recent controversy highlights this, as artists, writers, and big media players—like Rupert Murdoch, a global media mogul—are raising…