AI Impact on Web Copyright
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Karen Weise and Mike Isaac report on internal concerns at Microsoft and its partner OpenAI regarding the use of millions of copyrighted news articles to train AI systems. Documents reveal that Microsoft employees discussed fears that this practice might constitute a significant intellectual property theft, potentially harming journalism and leading to a "doom loop" where compromised data quality could undermine the…
Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, worry about damaging the publishing industry →2 articles from The Straits Times on this storyMicrosoft and OpenAI employees are privately expressing concerns that the companies' practice of using millions of news articles to train AI systems constitutes a significant exploitation of intellectual property. Internal documents reveal fears that this could be viewed as an "astounding theft of unprecedented proportions." While one executive at OpenAI acknowledged the potential existential threat their products…
Microsoft, OpenAI workers privately worried their work is ‘largest theft of labor in human history’ →2 articles from New York Post on this storyLawyers for The New York Times have unsealed an internal Microsoft document in a long-standing copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, revealing executives admit large language models (LLMs) are built on stolen content and represent a significant threat to human labor. These LLMs create what the document calls a "doom loop," where AI steals content from creators, cannibalizes their traffic, and destroys their business…
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft →Executives from OpenAI and Microsoft acknowledged that their AI technologies pose significant risks to the sustainability of news publications by diverting readership and income. In an internal document, Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, warned about a "doom loop" where AI models consume vast amounts of content for training, thereby hurting both the quality of these models and the web's overall…
OpenAI and Microsoft leaders knew AI may cause ‘doom loop’ hurting entire web →Analysis
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
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- 17 Sep
The lawsuit, first filed in 2023, accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of using millions of articles without permission to train ChatGPT from news sources that also include Ziff Davis publications, the Intercept and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
- 18 Sep
“It is highly unusual that an end-product threatens the economic foundations of its essential suppliers, but that is the situation we have created for our LLM business with respect to its ‘content supply chain.'”
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18 Sep Microsoft, OpenAI workers privately worried their work is ‘largest theft of labor in human history’Microsoft and OpenAI employees are privately expressing concerns that the companies' practice of using millions of news articles to train AI systems constitutes a significant exploitation of intellectual property. Internal documents reveal fears that this could be viewed as an "astounding theft of unprecedented proportions." While one executive at OpenAI acknowledged the potential existential threat their products…New York Post18 Sep Inside Microsoft and OpenAI, worry about damaging the publishing industryKaren Weise and Mike Isaac report on internal concerns at Microsoft and its partner OpenAI regarding the use of millions of copyrighted news articles to train AI systems. Documents reveal that Microsoft employees discussed fears that this practice might constitute a significant intellectual property theft, potentially harming journalism and leading to a "doom loop" where compromised data quality could undermine the…The Straits Times
18 Sep Staffers at tech giants knew AI tools posed ‘existential threat’ to news publishers: court docsLegal documents in a copyright infringement case reveal that high-level executives at Microsoft and OpenAI were aware their AI tools, like ChatGPT and Copilot, posed an existential threat to news publishers by using copyrighted articles without permission. These executives acknowledged the potential harm to the news industry but continued with the practice anyway. For instance, Microsoft’s Brent Hecht warned of a…New York Post
18 Sep OpenAI and Microsoft leaders knew AI may cause ‘doom loop’ hurting entire webExecutives from OpenAI and Microsoft acknowledged that their AI technologies pose significant risks to the sustainability of news publications by diverting readership and income. In an internal document, Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, warned about a "doom loop" where AI models consume vast amounts of content for training, thereby hurting both the quality of these models and the web's overall…Washington Examiner17 Sep OpenAI, Microsoft executives’ quotes on AI training threaten copyright defence, news outlets argueIn a copyright case against OpenAI and Microsoft, news outlets argue that private statements by executives undermine the companies’ fair-use defense. Quotes from Greg Brockman of OpenAI and Satya Nadella of Microsoft suggest their AI products substitute for journalism and use copyrighted material improperly. The New York Times and other news organizations claim these revelations show the tech firms knew their…The Straits Times
17 Sep ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on TheftLawyers for The New York Times have unsealed an internal Microsoft document in a long-standing copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, revealing executives admit large language models (LLMs) are built on stolen content and represent a significant threat to human labor. These LLMs create what the document calls a "doom loop," where AI steals content from creators, cannibalizes their traffic, and destroys their business…404 Media
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