Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web

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Summary

AI boss Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly believes that the moment you publish anything on the open web, it becomes “freeware” that anyone can freely copy and use. Microsoft is currently the target of multiple lawsuits alleging that it — and OpenAI — are stealing copyrighted online stories to train generative AI models.

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throwschen

You'd think people like this would get schooled on legalities before they make public statements

coffeeislife

Gotta shift the narrative to the one they want, copyright laws be damned.

iareunique

This is really what it feels like: make the public believe everything is fine and nobody will sue you

theonesource

Convenient that everybody else's data is freeware but not Microsoft's.

joesch

Or that they have no issues shoving ads in everybody's faces

theonesource

Big reason it's the Year of Linux for me

joesch

I've been dual booting for a while now but I've been considering just dumping it and dealing with any short comings.

humboldt

That's cool. Anything they put out into the public can be stolen then.

justadevOP

You'd think that would be the logical conclusion

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Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web

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