# Times filing cites ChatGPT head and Microsoft executive on AI training harm

_Published Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM EDT · AI, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

A New York Times court filing quoted ChatGPT's head as writing that publishers face an "existential threat," and a Microsoft executive as calling AI training "an astonishing theft," the Financial Times reported. Lawyers said AI co-founder Greg Brockman was "motivated by the gazillions" he hoped to gain from models trained on copyrighted content.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260917/p36#a260917p36)

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