A Microsoft executive described AI scraping as the 'largest theft of labor in human history,' reportedly amid concerns at both companies about ChatGPT training on millions of scraped news articles.
A Microsoft executive described AI scraping as the largest theft of labor in human history, according to emails between Microsoft and OpenAI that also revealed concerns about a doom loop harming news organizations.
Why it matters: The emails show internal concern at Microsoft and OpenAI that AI scraping could damage news organizations.
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