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thievery

noun as in theft

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SAG-AFTRA has already warned that AI models are built on the backs of countless human performances, without consent or compensation — which of course is not true innovation but a kind of creative thievery.

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In response, Sheinbaum defended the admiral and said he helped denounce the thievery.

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Speaking exclusively to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he said if ministers go ahead with plans to allow AI firms to use artists' content without paying, they would be "committing theft, thievery on a high scale".

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While malfeasance in politics happens in all parts of Southern California, the level of skulduggery, and sometimes outright thievery, by council members in southeast L.A.

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Fictionally speaking, of all criminal pursuits, thievery is the most romantic because it requires a significant degree of cleverness, of subtlety and skill and, by practical necessity, isn’t violent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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