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Microsoft downplays director's 'largest theft of labor' admission in NYT suit

Unsealed filing shows Microsoft, OpenAI admitted AI 'theft'

1 Sep 15 · 10d ago · 8 articles · 12 posts · 5 comments · 5 sources · development 1 of 5

A newly unredacted motion for summary judgment in The New York Times' suit reveals Microsoft director Brent Hecht called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history' and a 'complete mockery of fair use,' an internal Microsoft document warned of a 'doom loop' destroying the web, and OpenAI's Nick Turley wrote that chatbots pose an 'existential threat' to publishers.

Unsealed filing shows Microsoft, OpenAI admitted AI 'theft'
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“This case is about, as Microsoft's Director of Applied Science put it, an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions ... perhaps the largest theft of labor in human history.”

NYT court filing quoting Brent Hecht

Brent Hecht Microsoft Director of Applied ScienceSatya NadellaSatya Nadella Microsoft CEONick Turley OpenAI Head of ChatGPTGreg BrockmanGreg Brockman OpenAI President/cofounderJordan Usdan GM, Data Strategy and Ops, Microsoft AI

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What was reported 13 claims about this development

  1. 10 outlets Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

    first by HN Best, 8d ago · also Engadget, Tom's Hardware, The Times, TechSpot, New York Times, HN Frontpage +3

    5 more headlines
  2. 6 outlets Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show

    first by Washington Post, 6d ago · also New York Post, NY Post, HN Best, HN Frontpage, Ghacks

    3 more headlines
  3. 5 outlets Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ …

    first by Tom's Hardware, 8d ago · also Decrypt, TechRadar, TechCrunch, Futurism

    5 more headlines
  4. 5 outlets OpenAI staff knew the ‘existential threat’ AI posed to publishers, New York Times claims

    first by Financial Times, 8d ago · also WSJ, NY Post, New York Post, FT

    2 more headlines
  5. 4 outlets ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

    first by Mastodon, 8d ago · also Washington Examiner, 404 Media, Beehaw

    1 more headline
  6. 3 outlets NYT says Microsoft, OpenAI knew using content was theft

    first by RTE News, 8d ago · also Tech Xplore, Channel News Asia

    1 more headline
  7. 2 outlets ‘Largest theft of labour’: What new NYT filings reveal about its case against OpenAI, Microsoft

    first by The Indian Express, 6d ago · also Indian Express

  8. 2 outlets OpenAI AI training called 'astonishing theft' in unsealed documents

    first by Anadolu Agency, 8d ago · also NiemanLab

    1 more headline
  9. 1 outlet Microsoft Director Warned The Public Would See AI Training As ‘Astonishing Theft,’ Unsealed Filing Shows

    first by Daily Caller, 4d ago

  10. 1 outlet Legal Filing: OpenAI and Microsoft Knew They Were Stealing

    first by Thurrott, 6d ago

  11. 1 outlet OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

    first by The Verge, 7d ago

  12. 1 outlet Unsealed court docs show OpenAI and Microsoft leaders privately warned AI threatened publishers

    first by Quartz, 7d ago

  13. 1 outlet OpenAI, Microsoft Leaders Admitted AI Is Threat to News Industry

    first by Bloomberg Law, 8d ago

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