Microsoft exec says AI training might be the "largest labor theft in human history"
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In brief: Aside from concerns about human extinction or a massive financial bubble, one of generative AI's biggest controversies is how tech giants train their models. While OpenAI and Microsoft claim that training AI on copyrighted material falls under fair use, internal comments from the companies could suggest otherwise.
Brent Hecht, Microsoft's director of applied science, predicted that people worldwide would view large language models as theft on an unprecedented scale, according to court documents released Thursday. The comments appear to counter Microsoft and OpenAI's public defense against an ongoing lawsuit brought by news outlets.
In the case's latest filing, Hecht said generative AI could be the largest labor theft in human history while describing how Microsoft, OpenAI, and other AI companies train their models on massive amounts of material from the open...
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