New technology created a new theft vector. Inevitable. Hard to criticize in hindsight. But still negative. "Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal." buff.ly/wdm7zns

Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted...

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it...

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Sep 19, 2026 · 8:02 PM UTC

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Replying to @gdibner
Yes, and thanks. AI scraping is, beyond question, "the largest theft of labor in human history." It's faster, less visible, and more nearly painless than any previous labor theft. This time, let's launch penalties and reparations while we still can.
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Replying to @gdibner
How much of that labor is actually replaceable?
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