‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
Microsoft and OpenAI executives have acknowledged that large language models (LLMs) are predatory technologies, built on what a Microsoft executive termed "an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions" and the "largest theft of labor in human history." An internal Microsoft document further described generative AI products as creating a "doom loop" that is "killing the entire web," confirming criticisms that LLMs are destructive.
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Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.”