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This article primarily examines the legal and ethical implications of OpenAI and Microsoft's data scraping practices, specifically regarding their impact on web publishers and the concept of fair use in AI training. While it discusses corporate responses and internal viewpoints, the core subject matter is the societal and regulatory friction surrounding large-scale AI model development rather than the underlying quantum mechanics or specific algorithmic research.
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OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

The Verge5 min read

Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the "largest theft of labor in human history," and that it made a "complete mockery of the idea of fair use." Many of the most eye-catching quotes from the document come from Microsoft's Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht. Though, the company has tried to distance itself from Hecht's assertions. Microsoft spokesperson Alex Haurek told The Verge that "These comments ref … Read the full story at The Verge.

Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times’ case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies’ own documentation warned that it was starting a “doom loop” that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the “largest theft of labor in human history,” and that it made a “complete mockery of the idea of fair use.” Many of the most eye-catching quotes from the document come from Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht. Though, the…

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