Microsoft executives call AI news scraping a harmful ‘doom loop’

Microsoft executives call AI news scraping a harmful ‘doom loop’

Microsoft executives said the company's AI systems rely on news content without compensating publishers, calling the practice a harmful “doom loop,” according to internal documents unsealed in the New York Times lawsuit. Earlier court filings had the executives describing the large-scale scraping of paywalled articles as theft, while internal memos from Microsoft and OpenAI acknowledged that such data collection could damage publishers and might not qualify as fair use. The documents show the companies debated the impact on the broader content ecosystem but maintained that their training methods fall under fair use.

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Սեպտեմբեր 19, 2026
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Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Usel
Microsoft Director Admitted in Internal Document That AI Is Creating a “Doom Loop” That Destroys the News Media by Stealing Its Content Without Providing Anything in Return, in Turn Making the AI Usel

Futurism • 19 Սեպ 12:30

Internal documents reveal Microsoft officials said its AI systems use news content without returning value, describing the practice as a harmful “doom loop” for the media ecosystem.

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OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web

The Verge • 18 Սեպ 21:07

Unsealed documents in the New York Times lawsuit show Microsoft and OpenAI executives discussed the potential negative effects of large-language-model training on web publishers and the broader content ecosystem.

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Microsoft and OpenAI workers worry about ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, records show
Microsoft and OpenAI workers worry about ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, records show

The Seattle Times • 18 Սեպ 12:08

Court documents unsealed in a lawsuit filed by major publishers show Microsoft and OpenAI employees debated the impact of scraping news articles for AI models, while the companies maintain their practices fall under fair use.

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Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Ars Technica • 17 Սեպ 20:10

Leaked internal memos show Microsoft and OpenAI executives acknowledging that large-scale scraping of news articles for AI models could harm publishers and may not qualify as fair use.

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Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal

techcrunch.com • 17 Սեպ 19:46

Newly released documents in The New York Times lawsuit reveal a Microsoft executive called AI training practices “theft” and detail how OpenAI and Microsoft scraped paywalled content, prompting concerns over the impact on publishers.

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