Microsoft's director of applied science described the use of creators' work to build artificial intelligence as 'an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions', and perhaps 'the largest theft of labour in human history', according to newly unredacted court papers.
The words, attributed to Brent Hecht, open a summary-judgment brief filed by news publishers suing Microsoft and OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement in federal court in New York. The plaintiffs include The New York Times, Daily News titles, Ziff Davis, The Intercept and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
