• verily@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    If an individual got caught doing and saying a fraction of what Microsoft did and said, they’d by in jail for a long time. But apparently corporations can say whatever they’d like, out of the assumption that it’ll make investors happy.

    • José Devezas@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      And not just Microsoft. This applies to all of the big tech names training AI models. Not to mention the destruction of a few rare books (I kinda forgive the paper itself, but some copies are just rare and they don’t seem to care).