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OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
The VergeFriday, September 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
RedScroll Brief
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the…
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- Impact
- High
- Category
- Technology
- Market relevance
- Moderate
- Why it matters
- Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the… Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to OpenAI and Microsoft.
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What happened
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the…
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.
Background
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Timeline
The Verge published: OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
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Economic impact
Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to OpenAI and Microsoft.
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