Tech News – July 16 & 17

Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to train AI models

According to ProofNews, a dataset used by these companies to train AI models included subtitles from YouTube videos. Specifically, it included subtitles from 173,536 YouTube videos downloaded from over 48,000 channels. Anthropic, Nvidia, Apple and Salesforce are not alleged to have scraped the content, but instead to have used a dataset from a nonprofit AI group called EleutherAI.
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Anthropic launched Claude app for Android

According to Anthropic, Claude offers multi-platform support, enabling users to pick up and continue conversations across the web, iOS, and Android versions. The release of the generative AI tool on the Google Play Store comes two months after the launch of the Claude app for iOS in May.
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Google parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion

Wiz, a cloud security firm based in New York, helps companies identify and target risks in their cloud infrastructure. This deal would be nearly double the size of Google’s largest acquisition so far.
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Apple released iOS 18 public beta for iPhone

The iOS 18 public preview is a beta version of the software that will launch alongside new iPhones this fall, allowing Apple fans and developers to test the newest features before they officially launch. The company cautioned users not to install beta software on their primary devices.
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New products

Red Magic 9S Pro

Red Magic 9S Pro has a 6.8-inch Full HD+ OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. It comes with a 6,500 mAh battery
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OnePlus Pad 2

The tablet has a 12.9-inch screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. It comes with a 9,510mAh battery.
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