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Microsoft and OpenAI workers worry about ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, records show
The Seattle Times • • general
Key Points:
- Internal documents reveal Microsoft and OpenAI expressed significant concerns over using millions of news articles to train AI, fearing it could be seen as a massive theft of labor and potentially degrade AI model quality.
- OpenAI staff acknowledged risks that ChatGPT could divert users from reading original news sources, with memos describing AI as an "existential threat" to publishers and increasingly substitutive for traditional journalism.
- These revelations emerged amid ongoing lawsuits filed by The New York Times and other publishers accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of copyright infringement for scraping and using news content without permission or payment.
- Microsoft and OpenAI argue their AI training falls under fair use, claiming the AI-generated outputs are transformative and do not replace or harm the original news content's value.
- The documents also indicate attempts by OpenAI to bypass paywalls, while Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated paywalled content should be licensed, highlighting internal disagreements and ethical concerns about the AI training practices.
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