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Microsoft Exec Calls OpenAI Data Scraping Largest Theft of Labor in History

Unsealed court filings reveal Microsoft executives privately described OpenAI's data practices as theft while both companies scraped paywalled content.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 17 Sept 2026 · updated 24m ago

First reported by TechCrunch, 24 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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  1. TechCrunchMicrosoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
  2. Ars TechnicaMicrosoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
  3. Washington Post BusinessMicrosoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show

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  1. Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show Washington Post Business ·
  2. Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history” Ars Technica ·
  3. Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal TechCrunch ·

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