Microsoft and OpenAI admit LLMs threaten human labor and the web

executives from microsoft and openai made damaging admissions about large language models in a court filing related to the new york times vs openai copyright lawsuit. they acknowledged that llms were built on 'an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions' and 'the largest theft of labor in human history.' microsoft's internal document stated that generative ai products have created a 'doom loop' that is killing 'the entire web.' the admissions highlight the threat llms pose to human labor and the web, with microsoft executives testifying that clicks to news sites fell by more than 90 percent on bing after content was ripped from those sites.