HarperCollins, AI and Microsoft

Microsoft is the mystery AI company licensing HarperCollins books, says Bloomberg
The deal will reportedly allow Microsoft to improve an as-yet-unannounced AI model by training it on licensed nonfiction books.
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.
Microsoft and HarperCollins partner up to train AI models on books
Microsoft and HarperCollins have agreed to a licensing deal, according to Bloomberg, allowing the tech giant to train its models on books.
HarperCollins is asking authors to license their books for AI training
According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 404 Media, the agreement protects authors’ “underlying value of their works and our shared revenue and royalty streams.” Author Daniel Kibblesmith posted screenshots of an email showing that he would be paid $2,500 if he allowed one of his books to be licensed.
HarperCollins Inks AI Licensing Deal for Nonfiction Books
A new licensing agreement between HarperCollins and an undisclosed AI company will “allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance,
Microsoft in AI-learning deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins, Bloomberg says
News Corp.’s (NWS) book publishing unit HarperCollins and Microsoft (MSFT) are in a deal allowing the software giant to use HarperCollins’
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