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Microsoft admits AI is trapped in 'doom loop' stealing news content, court docs reveal

Unsealed documents in the NYT's copyright lawsuit show Microsoft and OpenAI executives acknowledging their models extract media without compensation.

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What to know

  • Unsealed court documents in the New York Times' copyright lawsuit reveal that Microsoft executives internally acknowledged their AI models extract news content without compensation, creating what one director called a destructive 'doom loop.'
  • Microsoft director Brent Hecht warned the strategy threatens the economic foundations of news publishers—the essential suppliers of training data—while simultaneously degrading AI model performance.
  • OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman approved employee efforts to circumvent news paywalls, suggesting deliberate strategy rather than incidental data collection.
  • CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged that AI platforms substitute for direct website visits, reducing traffic and revenue for original news sources.

“It is highly unusual that an end-product threatens the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but that is the situation we have created for our LLM business with respect to its 'content supply chain.'”

Brent Hecht, Microsoft Director of Applied Science · Futurism ↗ · Sep 18

Satya NadellaSatya Nadella CEO, MicrosoftBrent Hecht Director of Applied Science, MicrosoftGreg BrockmanGreg Brockman Cofounder, OpenAINew York Times Plaintiff in copyright lawsuitMicrosoft Defendant (as OpenAI's largest shareholder)

Microsoft admits AI is trapped in 'doom loop' stealing news content, court docs reveal
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    Documents show OpenAI circumventing paywalls with executive approval

    Court documents reveal that OpenAI employees discussed methods to bypass news paywalls, and cofounder Greg Brockman approved such tactics when informed of a "hack to get around" the NYT's paywall.

    “ah nice.”
    — Greg Brockman
  2. background

    Nadella acknowledged AI substituting direct website visits with AI platform access — CEO Satya Nadella made statements, cited by NYT's lawyers, describing how conversing with AI chatbots has substituted for directing users to original news sources.

  3. background

    Microsoft director describes AI strategy as creating a 'doom loop' — A document written by Microsoft director of applied science Brent Hecht states that the company's AI content strategy has created a destructive one-way relationship threatening the economic foundations of its essential content suppliers.

  4. background

    Unsealed court documents reveal Microsoft admissions on AI content extraction — Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' ongoing copyright lawsuit against OpenAI show that top Microsoft figures, including CEO Satya Nadella, admitted that their AI models are extracting content from media companies while providing virtually nothing in return.