Microsoft and OpenAI executives worried about AI training on news content, court documents reveal
Court documents unsealed in The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft show internal concern at both companies about using news articles to train AI models.
Broad agreement across outlets — the difference is mainly in depth.
Argon Synthesis
IncludedCourt documents unsealed in The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft show internal concern at both companies about using news articles to train AI models. Heise Online reports that Microsoft employees internally echoed the Times' arguments about unauthorized use of text for training. NV.ua notes that executives at both firms expressed worry that training ChatGPT on millions of news articles could harm journalism. The documents suggest awareness within the companies of potential harms their training practices might cause.
Where they diverge
Both outlets report the same core fact—internal concern about news-based training—but Heise Online emphasizes the framing as "theft of labor," while NV.ua focuses on executives' explicit prediction of damage to journalism. No substantive disagreement on facts; mainly different angles on the same unsealed evidence.
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Coverage map
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How the sources framed it
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