Microsoft Exec: AI Training is "Largest Theft of Labor"

Unsealed court documents from the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft contain internal critiques from a high-level executive. ^[1] A Microsoft director of applied science privately labeled AI training practices as the “largest theft of labor in human history.” ^[1][2] These records raise new legal and ethical questions about using journalistic and scientific datasets to develop large language models. ^[1][3]

The allegations suggest that Microsoft and OpenAI may have understood that utilizing news content for training was ethically and legally problematic. ^[2][3] The New York Times claims the tech firms knowingly used copyrighted content without proper authorization. ^[2] These revelations could significantly impact the ongoing legal battle over fair use and digital property rights. ^[1]