OpenAI transcribed YouTube videos to train GPT-4 without permission
OpenAI used its Whisper transcription model to transcribe over a million hours of YouTube videos, according to a New York Times report. The company allegedly used the transcripts to train GPT-4 despite knowing the practice was legally questionable. Google, which owns YouTube, said it prohibits unauthorized scraping of its content. OpenAI has said it believes its use of the data constitutes fair use.
- Date it happened
- 2021-01-01
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- Whisper, GPT-4
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