University of Oxford (Bodleian Libraries) to OpenAI: Digitization partnership; by June 2025 the Bodleian had sent OpenAI 125,000 scans of old PhD theses, which internal papers say were used for training (Guardian). Oxford says the material is out of copyright and non-exclusive.
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Dated Mar 2025Source checked 26 Sep 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
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“Oxford has let OpenAI use old texts from its Bodleian Library to train its AI models, according to internal papers seen by the Guardian.”
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The Next Web, checked 26 Sep 2026
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