New YorkA Microsoft executive privately called it “theft.”
Every writer whose work trained these models has a stake.
Fair-use law requires no market harm, but Microsoft’s own data showed a 93% click-through drop.
The New York Times’ three-year copyright suit against Microsoft and OpenAI continues.
How each outlet framed it
- TechCrunch leans critical
- surfaces unredacted filings: Microsoft exec called AI training 'theft'; OpenAI concedes it poses 'existential threat' to publishers
Sources: TechCrunch