Publishing giants and generative artificial intelligence companies are striking deals that aim to both protect copyright and provide for the rapidly increasing needs of the AI industry.
US publishing giant HarperCollins has reached a contract with an unnamed tech company allowing it to use some of its books to train its generative AI models. In a letter seen by AFP, the tech company is proposing a payment of $2,500 per selected book to train its so-called large language model for up to three years. AI models need massive quantities of texts to train their everyday language use.
“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,” the publisher said in a statement. —AFP
