OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

Recently unsealed court documents in a case against OpenAI and Microsoft have revealed that the companies were aware of the potential damage their actions could cause to the web. According to The Verge, internal documentation characterized the scraping of data to train models as "the largest theft of labor in human history" and a "complete mockery of the idea of fair use". Microsoft's Director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, made some of these assertions, but the company has tried to distance itself from his comments.

The documents also suggest that OpenAI and Microsoft viewed their AI products as substitutes for journalism, which could devastate news outlets, as reported by Quartz.

OpenAI's incidents of "concerning model behavior" were discussed on CNBC's "Squawk Box" by an executive, though the specific details of the discussion are not available.

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