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Microsoft AI CEO: Content on the open web is "freeware" for AI training


Mustafa Suleyman, who's been heading Microsoft's AI efforts since March, told CNBC in an interview that material published openly on the web essentially becomes "freeware" that anyone...

Mustafa Suleyman, who's been heading Microsoft's AI efforts since March, told CNBC in an interview that material published openly on the web essentially becomes "freeware" that anyone can copy and use as they please. One answer therein states that "your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device." Microsoft and partner OpenAI are indeed facing multiple lawsuits from publishers over allegations of using copyrighted online articles to train their powerful language models without permission.

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