Are unchecked AI companies destroying the news and the broader media ecosystem? We could harp on about why this is the case, but why not let the AI executives do the talking?
As revealed in recently unsealed court documents, top Microsoft figures, including CEO Satya Nadella, admitted that their AI models are basically stealing content from media companies while providing virtually nothing in return, creating a “doom loop” that will swallow the web.
These startling admissions come from an ongoing copyright lawsuit against OpenAI by the New York Times, which Microsoft was dragged into as OpenAI’s largest shareholder. To make their case, the NYT‘s attorneys cite several telling statements made by Microsoft and OpenAI leadership.
In one document written by Microsoft director of applied science Brent Hecht, the company lays out the destructive one-way relationship between AI companies and media platforms.
