Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, Worry About Damaging the Publishing Industry

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Newly unsealed court documents show Microsoft employees discussing whether OpenAI was involved in the “largest theft of labor in human history.”

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2026-09-17 23:16 · New York Times AI
Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, Worry About Damaging the Publishing Industry

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