Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

A Microsoft executive characterized AI model training on copyrighted content as the "largest theft of labor in human history," according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The emails, exchanged between Microsoft and OpenAI officials, discussed concerns that widespread AI scraping of news content could create a "doom loop" that weakens news organizations' ability to produce journalism. Microsoft and OpenAI have faced multiple lawsuits from publishers and authors claiming their training practices violated copyright law. The companies have not publicly detailed their response to the internal concerns raised in the emails.

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