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Microsoft and OpenAI Staff Raised Alarms Over AI Scraping, Court Filings Show

Newly unsealed court documents reveal internal concerns at Microsoft and OpenAI about the ethics and risks of using news content for AI training, as legal and industry scrutiny intensifies.

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OpenAI staff warned of existential threat to publishers

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Microsoft called AI scraping the largest theft of labor

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Executives discussed AI undermining their own content sources

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New York Times lawsuit filings reveal internal company worries

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NYT alleges Microsoft, OpenAI knew using news content was theft

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Judge says no trial before 2027 in copyright suit

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Microsoft and OpenAI staff feared existential threat to publishers

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