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Unsealed filings show Microsoft privately called AI scraping 'theft'

TechCrunch Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal

Newly unredacted court documents reveal Microsoft executives privately criticized OpenAI's web scraping practices while both companies built datasets from publisher content.

Why it matters

The revelation highlights the tension between AI developers and content creators, even as tech giants publicly defend their data collection practices.