Microsoft exec calls AI scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history'
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-18
Per Ars Technica, a Microsoft executive described AI companies' scraping of human-created work for training as the "largest theft of labor in human history." Gary Marcus amplified the report, underscoring how contentious training-data copyright issues remain across the industry.
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