Did OpenAI, Google and Meta 'Cut Corners' to Harvest AI Training Data?

What happened when OpenAI ran out of English-language training data in 2021?
They just created a speech recognition tool that could transcribe the audio from YouTube videos, reports The New York Times, as part of an investigation arguing that tech companies "including OpenAI, Google and Meta have cut corners, ignored corporate policies and debated bending the law" in their search for AI training data. [Alternate URL here.]Some OpenAI employees discussed how such a move might go against YouTube's