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Microsoft Executive’s Internal “Theft” Quote Undermines AI Copyright Defense

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Key Takeaways Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, described AI data scraping as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” in court filings unsealed in September 2026, directly undermining the fair use defence Microsoft and OpenAI are mounting in the New York Times lawsui…

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  1. 2026-09-23 10:00 · DEV Community — AI
    Microsoft Executive’s Internal “Theft” Quote Undermines AI Copyright Defense

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