HarperCollins to Microsoft: Select backlist nonfiction titles, author opt-in, for training an unnamed AI model; output capped at 200 consecutive words or 5% of a book. Buyer identified by Bloomberg.

“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.”

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