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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Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google
Startups object to Google's bankruptcy-auction purchase of Spirit Airlines operational data, claiming proprietary IP is being sold without consent.
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Bidding war for defunct Spirit Airlines’ employee data will not die
AI firm Micro1 bid $12.5 million for Spirit Airlines' 600 million employee email and chat records, challenging Google's $10 million auction win.
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
Amazon's Las Vegas VGT3 warehouse destructively scans thousands of books, cutting spines and discarding pages, to build AI training data.
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Podcast: Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
404 Media podcast covers Amazon buying and destroying rare books for AI training, AI misuse in court cases, and Meta's glasses patent.
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
Investigation reveals Amazon buys and destroys massive quantities of printed books, cutting bindings to scan them for AI training data at a Las Vegas warehouse.