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Court documents say OpenAI and Microsoft warned of a web 'doom loop'
By The BriefBrief · Sources (11)
Filed: Sep 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 19, 2026 at 2:10 AM ET
Summary: Unsealed court documents in the New York Times’ case against OpenAI and Microsoft describe internal company documentation warning that their web scraping for model training could start a “doom loop” that damages the web. The documents also characterize the scraping as “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
WHO: OpenAI and Microsoft
WHAT: Unsealed court documents cite internal OpenAI and Microsoft documentation warning that their web scraping could create a “doom loop” harming the web.
WHEN: Sep 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM ET
WHERE: Location not specified
WHY: The warning is triggered by the companies’ own documentation describing their web scraping for model training as potentially causing a “doom loop” that damages the web.
How this story developed (showing 2 of 2 earlier reports)
Sources (11):
Al Jazeera,
Ars Technica,
CNET News,
Engadget,
Financial Times,
Straits Times,
TechCrunch,
The Verge,
The Verge Tech,
UPI,
Wired
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