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

Newly unsealed court filings indicate Microsoft privately characterized OpenAI's use of scraped data as "theft," while both companies allegedly used paywalled New York Times content to build AI datasets. The filings also suggest internal recognition that such practices could undermine publishers, increasing legal, reputational and intellectual-property risks for Microsoft and OpenAI.