Microsoft strikes a groundbreaking 3-year deal with HarperCollins to utilize its vast book catalog for AI model training.
Microsoft signed a three-year deal with Harper Collins to train an as-yet-unnamed AI model on the major publisher’s catalog. According to Bloomberg, the terms of the deal offered $5,000 per nonfiction book, split evenly between the author and HarperCollins. The deal is separate from other publishing agreements and is not counted against existing advances. In addition, the deal only applies to select nonfiction books that were previously published, not fiction books.
404 Media broke the news but did not reveal the name of the tech company involved. Bloomberg published a follow-up article with more details, including the fact that Microsoft is developing the AI model.Terms of the Microsoft-HarperCollins AI Deal
HarperCollins authors must opt into the AI training program and allow their nonfiction books to be used.
