The use of "steal" for non-physical things pre-dates the use of "data" in the modern sense [1]. Policing language incorrectly is not reasonable.
reply[0] https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view....
pedantic and true. What was stolen was not data, but future revenue based on exclusive access to that data.
replyPedantic and relevant. If they lost the voice samples, they wouldn't have it for training new models. If they were copied, then they have lost nothing in terms of training.
replyMoney is not a physical thing.
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