Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human

sbulaev 16 points 4 comments September 18, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

tombert

I would be exceedingly surprised if Microsoft is not using private Github repos for training.

cyanydeez

Wage theft would politely (...) disagree

MrVandemar

You know what "fair use" sounds like to me? 10%. Copy 10% of anything, free, knock yourself out. Fair use. Keep it simple for some things: one chapter of a book, maybe. Copying the whole thing, building an billion dollar industry out of it in a way that kills the industry of the people you stole from, that's offensive, immoral, unethical, and dumb. And it should be illegal, and something that should be proscuted, and CEO's made personally liable for. 10% is fair.

ChrisArchitect

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745932

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