AI Firms Knew Chatbots Were an ‘Existential Threat’ to Journalists, Court Docs Show
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Court documents reveal AI firms like OpenAI and Microsoft knowingly used copyrighted texts to train chatbots, acknowledging the practice as a massive theft and an existential threat to publishers. Executives discussed bypassing paywalls and recognized the need for licensing paywalled content.
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