AI training built on fair use looks shaky when the companies' own people call it "astonishing theft"
Source: The Decoder (opens in a new tab) · Matthias Bastian
Intel Summary
Internal emails and sworn testimony have surfaced challenging OpenAI and Microsoft's fair use defense in AI training. According to reported records, a Microsoft director termed the practice the "largest theft of labor in human history," while OpenAI's head of ChatGPT noted their products are "largely substitutive, period."
Why It Matters
Admissions of market substitution and labor appropriation directly challenge the legal argument that generative AI training constitutes transformative fair use. If credited in litigation, these internal statements could expose model developers to substantial copyright liabilities and force mandatory data licensing models.
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