The YouTubers claim Snap, like others, used AI datasets meant for research and academic use to train its AI models.

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YouTubers with 6.2 million collective subscribers filed a class action lawsuit against Snap for allegedly using their video content without permission to train AI models. The plaintiffs claim Snap used academic research datasets like HD-VILA-100M for commercial purposes, bypassing YouTube's terms of service and technological restrictions. This lawsuit joins similar cases against Nvidia, Meta, and ByteDance, part of over 70 copyright infringement cases filed against AI companies, with mixed outcomes ranging from dismissals to settlements.

YouTubers sue Snap for alleged copyright infringement in training its AI models