Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history'

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What happened

Executives from OpenAI and Microsoft were reportedly worried about ChatGPT training that scraped millions of news articles.

Key facts

  • Executives from OpenAI and Microsoft were reportedly worried about ChatGPT training that scraped millions of news articles.
  • Reported by Engadget and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:22:31 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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