If your goal is to make a bunch of authors exceedingly angry with you, I honestly can't think of many better ways than asking them to sell their work to train AI. And yet, that's what publishing company HarperCollins has started doing with its authors, as exposed by writer and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith in a post on Bluesky late last week. "Abominable," Kibblesmith wrote, sharing screenshots of the correspondence between himself and his agent a…

HarperCollins asks authors to license their books to train AI models

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge  HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only if authors opt-in to having their books be used for training. Some authors are currently suing companies like OpenAI, accusing them of copyright infringement for training AI models on their works without permission. According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 4…

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HarperCollins is asking authors to license their books for AI training

If your goal is to make a bunch of authors exceedingly angry with you, I honestly can’t think of many better ways than asking them to sell their work to train AI. And yet, that’s what publishing company HarperCollins has started doing with its authors, as exposed by writer and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith in a post on Bluesky late last week. “Abominable,” Kibblesmith wrote, sharing screenshots of the correspondence between himself and his agent a…

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HarperCollins has partnered with an AI technology company to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models, offering authors the choice to opt in for a $2,500 non-negotiable fee. 404 Media reports:  On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith, who wrote the children's book S...

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On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book Santa’s Husband: the book’s publisher, HarperCollins, was offering $2,500 (non-negotiable) for the right to use the book in an AI training deal that they’d […]

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HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only if authors opt-in to having their books be used for training. Some authors are currently suing companies like OpenAI, accusing them of copyright infringement for training AI models on their works without permission. According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 40…

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HarperCollins confirms it has an agreement with an AI company to train AI models on some nonfiction books, giving authors the choice to opt in

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HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors’ Work to AI Company

From a 404 Media Report: A spokesperson for HarperCollins told 404 Media in a statement: HarperCollins has reached an agreement with an artificial intelligence technology company to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance. While we believe this deal is attractive, we respect the various views of our authors, and they have the choice to opt in to the agreement or to pa…

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404 Media Reports “HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors’ Work to AI Company”

HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the world, made a deal with an “artificial intelligence technology company” and is giving authors the option to opt in to the agreement or pass, 404 Media can confirm. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told 404 Media in a statement: “HarperCollins has reached an agreement with an artificial intelligence technology company to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI mode…

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