AI Firms Knew Chatbots Were an ‘Existential Threat’ to Journalists,…

CNET reports that a Microsoft executive called OpenAI’s use of publishers’ material “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

For Australian readers, the useful question is what this changes in everyday work: costs, productivity, privacy, hiring, or the tools businesses rely on. We are watching this story because practical AI adoption is moving quickly, and the impact often reaches workplaces before policy or training catches up.