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In a separate filing, Microsoft said Dr. Hecht was a research academic who also worked at Northwestern University.
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Microsoft stated in a court filing that Dr. Brent Hecht is a research academic who also works at Northwestern University.
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Microsoft
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News Article
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{
    "person": "Brent Hecht",
    "affiliation": "Northwestern University",
    "source_document": "court filing"
}
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Biography Microsoft
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September 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM (3 weeks ago)
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September 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM (3 weeks ago)

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Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/17/technology/microsoft-openai-publishing-industry.html

Newly unsealed court documents reveal internal concerns within Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the use of millions of news articles to train AI systems. Employees debated whether this constituted the 'largest theft of labor in human history' and posed an 'existential threat' to publishers.

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