Microsoft executive called OpenAI's training methods an astounding theft, court filings show

Court filings submitted by The New York Times and 11 other publishers in their lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal internal criticism regarding data collection practices. According to the documents, Microsoft's director of applied science previously described OpenAI's methods to train ChatGPT as an "astounding theft, of unprecedented proportions" and suggested it might be "the largest theft of work in human history."

The ongoing legal battle centers on allegations that the technology companies utilized millions of copyrighted news articles without consent or compensation to train artificial intelligence models. The plaintiffs contend that these practices undermine the publishing industry's business model while leveraging media content for commercial AI development.

Sources: El Mundo.