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September 18, 2026
technologySep 18 2026
Microsoft Insider Calls AI Data Grab Massive Theft

Microsoft Insider Calls AI Data Grab Massive Theft

Court papers released Thursday show Microsoft tried to paint its own scientist as a paid critic. The company claimed Brent Hecht was on the payroll just to argue the opposite side. Hecht serves as Director of Applied Science at the tech giant. Hecht didn't hold back in his actual testimony. He told the court that millions of people worldwide will soon see AI models vacuuming up their work as shocking theft. He described it as stealing on a scale never seen before. The executive pointed out a simple truth. Almost nobody created their content expecting it to feed machine learning systems. Creators never agreed to this use. They also never got paid a cent for it. The New York Times and the Orlando Sentinel are both suing Microsoft and OpenAI. They say the companies took their work without permission. Hecht's words came out in documents tied to that legal fight.

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