https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-and-openai-workers-worry-about-largest-theft-of-labor-in-history-records-showContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-and-openai-workers-worry-about-largest-theft-of-labor-in-history-records-showhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/microsoft-and-openai-workers-worry-about-largest-theft-of-labor-in-history-records-show#u76760Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:00:32 +0000Unredacted court filings from an AI copyright lawsuit reveal a Microsoft executive described AI scraping as the "largest theft of labor in human history." Internal records indicate that employees at both Microsoft and OpenAI have expressed concerns regarding the damage these technologies cause to the publishing industry. Some reports suggest the companies admitted that large language models are built on theft and are actively destroying the web. These admissions emerge as the companies face legal challenges over the unauthorized use of data to train AI models.Why it mattersThe disput