Has your paper been used to train an AI model? Almost certainly (original) (raw)

Artificial-intelligence developers are buying access to valuable data sets that contain research papers — raising uncomfortable questions about copyright.

Academic publishers are selling access to research papers to technology firms to train artificial-intelligence (AI) models. Some researchers have reacted with dismay at such deals happening without the consultation of authors. The trend is raising questions about the use of published and sometimes copyrighted work to train the exploding number of AI chatbots in development.

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Nature 632, 715-716 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02599-9

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