New unredacted court filings in a legal battle against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal that staff at both companies recognized the "existential threat" AI posed to the news industry. Documents in the case show Microsoft's Director of Applied Science described the training of large language models as "an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

The New York Times claims OpenAI used deceptive methods to access paywalled content, citing an internal exchange where Greg Brockman responded "ah nice" after an employee described a paywall hack. Microsoft and OpenAI have not provided comments on the filings, and the New York Times declined to comment.