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AI Executive's 'Largest Theft of Labor' Remark Fuels Backlash
Original: AI Exec --> We May Have Pulled Off “The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History” Read What They Say Among Themselves -->
An AI industry executive has reportedly conceded that generative AI companies may have committed 'the largest theft of labor in human history.' The remark surfaced through revelations in the ongoing copyright litigation involving OpenAI and Microsoft, with internal documents shedding light on how executives privately discussed training models on creative work. Commenters online are calling it an admission that AI firms built products on copyrighted labor without consent or compensation.
Why now: New revelations from the OpenAI-Microsoft copyright case have prompted people to debate whether AI companies knowingly exploited creative labor.
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