A Microsoft scientist called AI training the largest theft of labor
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Read the full articleMicrosoft scientist Dr. Brent Hecht described AI training on copyrighted content as the "largest theft of labor in human history" in a legal brief for the OpenAI copyright lawsuit. The brief reveals Microsoft’s internal data showing AI tools like Copilot drastically reduce web traffic to news sites, threatening their economic viability.
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