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The latest Brent Hecht news, : Microsoft exec calls AI the largest theft of labor, lawsuit documents reveal.
Brent Hecht is Microsoft’s director of applied science. In recent lawsuits, internal documents quote him describing AI scraping as the largest theft of labor and noting that AI training competes with journalism. The filings are part of a consolidated copyright case involving OpenAI and media companies.
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Microsoft exec calls AI the largest theft of labor, lawsuit documents reveal
Mother Jones cites internal Microsoft and OpenAI documents uncovered in a lawsuit that allege AI companies have built their products by scraping and repurposing creators’ work without consent. Microsoft’s director of…
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Unsealed filing quotes Microsoft, OpenAI executives calling AI training 'theft' and 'substitutive' for news
A 92-page plaintiffs' brief unsealed Thursday in the consolidated OpenAI copyright litigation before Judge Sidney H. Stein quotes internal Microsoft and OpenAI communications acknowledging that their AI products…
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Media companies sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright theft and seeking billions
U.S. media outlets—including The New York Times, the Daily News Group, Ziff Davis, the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Intercept—have filed a joint summary‑judgment brief in the Southern District of New…
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Microsoft exec calls AI scraping the largest theft of labor, internal filings show
Unsealed filings in the New York Times copyright lawsuit reveal internal Microsoft and OpenAI documents in which Director of Applied Science Brent Hecht described AI scraping as “the largest theft of labor in human…
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As of 22 September 2026: Microsoft exec calls AI the largest theft of labor, lawsuit documents reveal. Mother Jones cites internal Microsoft and OpenAI documents uncovered in a lawsuit that allege AI companies have built their products by scraping and repurposing creators’ work without consent.
What is Brent Hecht?
Brent Hecht is Microsoft’s director of applied science. In recent lawsuits, internal documents quote him describing AI scraping as the largest theft of labor and noting that AI training competes with journalism. The filings are part of a consolidated copyright case involving OpenAI and media companies.