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probably_wrong • today at 9:16 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

The comment you're replying to is citing almost verbatim [1] Microsoft’s director of Applied Science, Brent Hecht, who called OpenAI's data collection practices "the largest theft of labor in human history" in an internal memo.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/microsoft-exec-called-ai-s...


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qarl • today at 9:18 AM

Yes, one man at Microsoft agrees with you.

TeMPOraL • today at 9:20 AM

It's not citing, it's regurgitating, like a stochastic parrot.

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