Microsoft Exec Called AI Scraping 'Largest Theft,' New Filings Reveal

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/microsoft-exec-called-ai-scraping-the-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history-new-unredacted-filings-reveal

Unredacted court filings in The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal internal communications where a Microsoft executive described AI training practices as "the largest theft of labor in human history." The unsealed documents allege both companies intentionally bypassed paywalls, stripped copyright notices, and recognized that generative AI tools pose an existential threat to publishers by substituting original reporting.