Microsoft executive alleges AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labour in human history’

Microsoft executive Brent Hecht has accused several major tech companies, including OpenAI and Microsoft itself, of using vast amounts of internet data to train their AI models. This alleged practice, known as AI scraping, involves collecting and utilizing large amounts of data without proper consent or compensation. The scale of this data collection is significant, with Hecht describing it as 'the largest theft of labour in human history'. This raises concerns about the ethics of AI development and the potential exploitation of human labour in the process.

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The use of vast amounts of internet data to train AI models is raising concerns about labour theft and data privacy. This could lead to increased scrutiny and regulation of the AI industry, potentially impacting the stock prices of companies like Microsoft

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