Microsoft Executive Calls AI Training Data Scraping "Largest Theft of Labor in Human History"
Internal Microsoft and OpenAI emails show concern that AI model training on unlicensed content could create a "doom loop" for news organizations.
A Microsoft executive has characterized the practice of scraping content from the internet to train AI models as the "largest theft of labor in human history," according to internal emails reviewed by Ars Technica. The emails between Microsoft and OpenAI reveal anxiety among company leadership about the legal and ethical implications of using copyrighted material to develop generative AI systems.
The correspondence suggests concern that widespread AI scraping could trigger a "doom loop" in which news organizations and other content creators are undermined financially, potentially reducing the quality and quantity of original content available for future AI training. The extent to which either company has acted on these internal concerns remains unclear.
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