HarperCollins said in a statement to 404 Media that their agreement will include “select nonfiction titles” and that authors will have to opt-in to the training program.
One author, Daniel Kibblesmith, screenshots posted a few days ago showing who offered him $2,500 per book for a three-year ai licensing deal. When asked what one offer he would consider accepting, Kibblesmith he said in a post on Tuesday“I would probably do it for a billion dollars. I would do it for an amount of money that would not require me to work any more, since that is the ultimate goal of this technology.”
Not much more It is known about the model that will train HarperCollins content, but a source says Bloomberg that Microsoft does not intend to generate ai-written books with the material. Microsoft declined to comment.
News Corp, the parent company of HarperCollins, struck a deal with OpenAI earlier this year, allowing the ai giant to train its models on New Corp's digital outlets, including The Wall Street Journalhe New York Post, The daily telegraphand more.
