AI Executives Fret About Existential Threat AI Poses—to Publishers

A court filing in a copyright infringement lawsuit by news publishers, including The New York Times Co., against OpenAI and Microsoft has revealed that OpenAI executives internally acknowledged that AI products pose an existential threat to publishers. The filing cites an OpenAI executive describing a 'doom loop' in their AI content strategy that could harm both their models and the web. The publishers argue that AI companies are using their content without permission, threatening their viability.

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