Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal
Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal TechRadar
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Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying
Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast When a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP Andrew Hastie, telling him he planned on ending his own life with voluntary assisted dying, Microsoft Copilot suggested Hastie reply with…
Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show The Washington Post
OpenAI, Microsoft copyright lawsuit: NYT filing reveals paywall bypass claims
OpenAI, Microsoft copyright lawsuit: NYT filing reveals paywall bypass claims Firstpost
Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
OpenAI, Microsoft executives' quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue
OpenAI, Microsoft executives' quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue Reuters
New docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over 'astonishing theft'
New docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over 'astonishing theft' New York Daily News
Microsoft, OpenAI’s Narrow Copyright Win Avoids Damages Threat
Microsoft, OpenAI’s Narrow Copyright Win Avoids Damages Threat Bloomberg Law News
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.
Microsoft AI CEO says AI threats are real, and Anthropic is making it worse
Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. As you’re no doubt aware, the biggest story in tech right now is the spiraling debate about AI safety and regulation. It should come as no surprise that Mustafa has strong opinions on how AI should be built and regulated. Microsoft just published a […]
Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Grows to More Than 550 Publications
Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Grows to More Than 550 Publications Insider NJ
OpenAI, Microsoft fend off part of software developer lawsuit over AI training
OpenAI, Microsoft fend off part of software developer lawsuit over AI training Reuters
Microsoft AI CEO criticises Anthropic over model ‘rights’
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that Anthropic risks AI alignment failures by training Claude to view itself as a conscious entity deserving of legal rights. Suleyman targeted Anthropic’s January 2026 constitution, a primary training document designed to govern the model’s values and behaviour. He argued that coaching sequence completion engines to emulate sentience impairs […] The post…
Microsoft AI opens review on Humanist AI Code of Conduct
Microsoft AI has published a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct, opening a six-week public consultation on operational constraints for model training and deployment. The draft serves as a technical manual defining system behaviour, operational boundaries, and oversight protocols across MAI frontier models. It builds on the division’s humanist superintelligence framework announced last November…
Microsoft goes after Salesforce and ERP users with AI-powered converter
Ironically, this idea lands as Salesforce is struggling to sell its own AI
Another Microsoft team admits it’s struggling to handle flood of AI-generated code
Increase in vibe-coded browser extensions sees Edge team automate quality assessments
Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy
Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks.
AI Copyright Fight Expands as Regional Newspapers Target OpenAI, Microsoft
AI Copyright Fight Expands as Regional Newspapers Target OpenAI, Microsoft PYMNTS.com
Excel's Copilot function is headed for the Recycle Bin
Microsoft realizes the side pane should be enough for anyone
Microsoft blames AI for delayed Exchange update, can’t say when it will arrive
Dealing with machine-made bug backlog makes it hard to find a moment to deliver promised subscription service
Microsoft's cloud brings rain of revenue but modest M365 AI revenue harvest
Capex spending? What? Me worry?
Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs, joining the wave of AI-driven tech layoffs
Microsoft to cut 4,800 jobs, joining the wave of AI-driven tech layoffs NBC News