Chatbots Dubbed 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History' as Microsoft Exec Testifies

Microsoft executive Satya Nadella acknowledged that AI-powered chatbots have become a significant issue for news organizations, calling it the 'largest theft of labor in human history.'

Nadella testified under oath that chatbots are substituting for news platforms and stealing clicks from news sites by providing information directly on the AI platform.

Internal messages at OpenAI showed that when a staffer found a way to bypass the NYT paywall, President Greg Brockman replied with approval, saying 'ah nice.'

OpenAI's own software engineer described chatbots as 'largely substitutive, period' and predicted they would become more substitutive as they improve.