Google’s Veo 3 Trained on YouTube Videos Without Creator Consent?

Artificial intelligence keeps changing the way people meet and work with online material. Yet, as the tech moves forward, it also stirs big worries about privacy, consent, and the moral use of personal data. The newest flashpoint centers on Google’s video-making model, Veo 3 , amid claims it learned from YouTube uploads without asking the people who made them. What Is Google Veo 3? Google Veo 3 is the firm’s newest generative video tool, pitched as a rival to OpenAIs Sora. Given only a few lines of text, it can deliver stunning 1080p clips that feel cinematic, complete with lifelike lighting, believable angles, and seamless cuts. Many experts call it a major step forward in machine-made media. Yet that leap raises one obvious question: what exactly powers its so-called creativity? Increasingly, the answer-and the dataset behind Veo 3-sits in the legal crosshairs of courts and regulators. The Allegation: YouTube Videos Used for AI Training Investigative reporting by The New...