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'The largest theft of labor in human history:' Court docs reveal Microsoft exec predicted AI 'doom…
Court documents reveal internal concerns at Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the impact of AI models on journalistic work. Microsoft executive Brent Hecht described the AI's scraping of content as a 'doom loop' and 'the largest theft of labor in human history,' while OpenAI president Greg Brockman showed enthusiasm for AI's news-gathering capabilities. The New York Times is suing both companies for copyright infringement.
AI music generator Suno has been hacked, detailing the data scraping of millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer, and…
AI music generator Suno has reportedly been breached, with a hacker accessing its database and revealing details about the extensive data scraping performed on platforms like YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. Suno has previously argued that its training on copyrighted material falls under fair use, a stance that has drawn criticism from the music industry, though legal precedents exist for AI training data usage. The company stated the incident involved outdated code and no sensitive personal information was compromised.
Meta's latest legal wheeze is to insist that pirating books is fair use, actually
Meta is arguing that using pirated books to train its AI models, specifically the Llama LLM, constitutes fair use, a defense that a Californian court previously accepted. The company faces a class-action lawsuit from authors who also allege copyright infringement through the downloading and sharing of these books via BitTorrent. Meta claims BitTorrent was essential for bulk data acquisition and that any uploading was incidental to the download process for its transformative purpose.
