Microsoft inks deal with HarperCollins to train AI models

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 Inks AI Training Deal, But It Needs Authors to Opt-In
HarperCollins Publishers has struck a licensing deal with an AI tech company and is now asking its authors to opt in. As 404 Media reports, the AI company will pay HarperCollins for access to select "backlist titles,
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 is asking authors to sell their books to the A.I. woodchipper
HarperCollins has not responded to requests for comment.
Microsoft Partners with HarperCollins for AI Training Causing Author Backlash
Microsoft’s AI training deal with HarperCollins’ nonfiction works meets author resistance over licensing terms.
Microsoft Signs Deal with HarperCollins for AI Model Training
Agreements between publishers and AI-oriented enterprises define this cooperation's pattern. Microsoft-backed OpenAI signed contracts with the Financial Times, Axel Springer, Dotdash Meredith ( IAC, Financials) and News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal, valued at $250 million earlier this year.
HarperCollins lets authors opt in to its AI licensing deals
Author and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith isn’t impressed with book publisher HarperCollins’ new licensing deal with an unnamed AI company. “Abominable,” was his one-word verdict in a post on Bluesky sharing details of
HarperCollins AI Deal Draws Criticism Over Author Fees and Copyright Concerns
HarperCollins, a renowned British-American publishing giant, has agreed a deal with an AI technology company to use select non-fiction backlist titles for
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’
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.
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