’Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft - 404 Media

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 described generative AI products as creating a "doom loop" that is "killing the entire web," noting that content creators are neither compensated nor intended for their work to be used in this manner.

Unlike previous criticisms from external sources, this report highlights internal Microsoft and OpenAI admissions regarding LLMs' predatory nature and their role in a "doom loop" for the web.