Microsoft is the mystery AI company licensing HarperCollins books, says Bloomberg
Just one day after 404 Media revealed that HarperCollins struck a three-year AI training deal with an unnamed company, Bloomberg now says Microsoft will use the publisher’s content to train a not-yet-announced AI model.
HarperCollins’ Mystery AI Partner Identified as Microsoft
HarperCollins has partnered with Microsoft to license select nonfiction titles for artificial intelligence model training, according to Bloomberg. The deal, which spans three years, requires authors to opt in,
Microsoft and HarperCollins partner up to train AI models on books
Microsoft has signed a licensing deal with HarperCollins to train its AI models. According to Bloomberg sources, HarperCollins will allow Microsoft's LLMs to train on nonfiction titles. Microsoft reportedly doesn't plan on creating AI-generated books,
HarperCollins reportedly pens deal with Microsoft to train AI on its books
HarperCollins has agreed to allow a technology company to use 'select nonfiction' books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Authors miffed by publisher's offer to use their books for AI training
Authors are voicing concerns after a major book publisher offered payments in exchange for permission to use their books to train artificial intelligence.
HarperCollins asks authors to license their books to train AI models
The HarperCollins publishing company made a deal with an unnamed company, and now it wants authors to license their books to train AI.
HarperCollins Is Asking Its Authors to Sell Books for A.I. Training
The title would be licensed to a tech company to help train an A.I. model. “ Abominable ,” the author wrote of the offer in a post on the microblogging site Bluesky. With their troves of high-quality content,
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HarperCollins is asking authors to sell their books to the A.I. woodchipper
HarperCollins has not responded to requests for comment.
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A new licensing agreement between HarperCollins and an undisclosed AI company will “allow limited use of select nonfiction ...