https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/sketchy-af-what-to-know-about-how-openai-staff-discussed-book-piratingContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/sketchy-af-what-to-know-about-how-openai-staff-discussed-book-piratinghttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/sketchy-af-what-to-know-about-how-openai-staff-discussed-book-pirating#u82106Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:41:12 +0000Court documents and internal communications show OpenAI and Microsoft staff recognized that their AI models posed an existential threat to journalists and the publishing industry. One Microsoft executive described AI as the largest theft of labor in history. Internal discussions among OpenAI staff characterized the use of pirated books as sketchy AF. The firms reportedly acknowledged that their technology could trigger a doom loop for the web by undermining the original content creators they rely on for training data.Why it mattersThese revelations emerge amid ongoing legal battles over intell