Unredacted filings reveal Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
esporx · reddit · 2026-09-20
Newly unredacted court filings reveal that a Microsoft executive once described AI data scraping as "the largest theft of labor in human history," according to TechCrunch.
The statement, surfaced in unredacted litigation documents, exposes the company's internal attitude toward the training-data copyright controversy — a notable contrast with public positions, and one that could shape sentiment around ongoing AI copyright lawsuits.
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