Mother Jones lawsuit docs reveal Microsoft exec warning of an AI "doom loop" threatening the open web
ArtificialOther · x · 2026-09-27
Mother Jones published documents from its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, exposing how AI executives talk privately. Key points:
- The suit alleges the companies built their products through an "astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions" and possibly "the largest theft of labor in human history" by training on copyrighted newsroom content.
- Microsoft's director of applied science Brent Hecht warned AI has started a "doom loop" that will "threaten the economic foundations of its essential suppliers" and make the internet infinitely worse.
- Similar suits have been filed by The New York Times, The Intercept, and other publishers; the documents offer a rare window into how execs view rules, law, and others' rights when they think no one is listening.
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