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A Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history', Anthropic says Claude 'leads' 26 percent of its AI R&D work, and the FAA says laser strikes on aircraft fell again
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- Engadget News + Next
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- 586
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-Microsoft's director of Applied Science, Dr. Brent Hecht, said OpenAI's work was akin to the "largest theft of labor in human history" that could create a "doom loop." -By "leads," the company means that the AI "can complete most of a task end-to-end from a high-level prompt, while a human supervises." -However, there were still 4,470 cases of planes being targeted by lasers between January and July of this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices