Unsealed court documents from The New York Times' lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal internal warnings about AI data scraping.
A Microsoft director described OpenAI’s training methods as the largest theft of labor in human history. This executive warned the practice could create a doom loop for digital publishers.
An OpenAI executive separately labeled these scraping practices an existential threat to the publishing industry.
The lawsuit examines whether AI companies can legally use copyrighted content under fair use doctrines. The court's decision will likely define the legal framework for future AI model development.