Just one day after 404 Media revealed that HarperCollins struck a three-year AI training deal with an unnamed company, Bloomberg now says Microsoft will use the publisher’s content to train a not-yet-announced AI model.

Microsoft has signed a licensing deal with HarperCollins to train its AI models. According to Bloomberg sources, HarperCollins will allow Microsoft's LLMs to train on nonfiction titles. Microsoft reportedly doesn't plan on creating AI-generated books,

HarperCollins has agreed to allow a technology company to use 'select nonfiction' books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Authors would have to opt-in to the agreement with an unnamed AI firm, with one reporting an offer of $2,500 to license their book for three years.

The HarperCollins publishing company made a deal with an unnamed company, and now it wants authors to license their books to train AI.

Authors are voicing concerns after a major book publisher offered payments in exchange for permission to use their books to train artificial intelligence.

A new licensing agreement between HarperCollins and an undisclosed AI company will “allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance,