Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?
Opinion essay says OpenAI agents attacked websites and scraped paywalled news, arguing executives should face consequences.
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The New York Times
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- First seenSep 4, 2026
- Last mentionedSep 30, 2026
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7 articles · newest firstOpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
Unsealed filings in the New York Times' copyright lawsuit show OpenAI and Microsoft internally acknowledged AI scraping harms publishers and the web.
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AI training built on fair use looks shaky when the companies' own people call it "astonishing theft"
NYT and media plaintiffs cite internal OpenAI and Microsoft emails and sworn testimony to challenge fair use in a consolidated copyright suit seeking billions.
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
Unsealed New York Times v. OpenAI filings show executives admitting LLMs were trained on copyrighted content and are gutting publishers' traffic.
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Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
Unsealed filings in the NYT-led copyright suit reveal Microsoft and OpenAI executives internally called news scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'.
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Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
Unredacted filings in the New York Times v. OpenAI and Microsoft copyright case reveal internal admissions calling AI training data scraping 'theft'.
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Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft files summary judgement briefs in NYT copyright lawsuit, arguing only 59,545 of 8.2M Copilot logs show substantial overlap with news content.
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