OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

Recently unsealed court filings in the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft show that the companies warned their data‑scraping practices could trigger a “doom loop” harming the web. The filings describe the scraping used to train models as “the largest theft of labor in human history” and a “complete mockery of the idea of fair use.” Notable quotes come from Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht.

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