Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins
- Nonfiction books will be used for training AI models
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Technology companies use an array of data, from social-media sites to news articles, to train AI models.
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Microsoft Corp. reached a deal with News Corp.’s HarperCollins that will allow the software company to use nonfiction titles from the book publisher to train its artificial intelligence models, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Microsoft wants the HarperCollins books for a model that it hasn’t yet announced, according to the person, who asked not to be identified discussing plans that aren’t public. The company isn’t planning to use the content to generate new books without human authors, the person said. Microsoft declined to comment.