Wiley and Oxford University Press confirm AI partnerships as Cambridge University Press offers 'opt-in' | The Bookseller

Two further academic publishers have confirmed they have made deals with or are considering working with artificial intelligence (AI) companies a week after Taylor & Francis revealed it is set to earn £58m ($75m) from selling access to its authors’ work to AI firms.

Wiley and Oxford University Press (OUP) told The Bookseller they have confirmed AI partnerships, with the availability of opt-ins and remuneration for authors appearing to vary. In July, academics hit out at Taylor & Francis (T&F) for selling access to its authors’ research as part of a partnership with Microsoft worth $10m, with parent firm Informa’s half-year financial results later revealing that it was set to earn tens of millions from AI deals, with one additional confirmed but unnamed AI partner and future deals in the pipeline.

Taylor & Francis told The Bookseller it is "protecting the integrity of our authors’ work and limits on verbatim text reproduction, as well as authors rights to receive royalty payments in accordance with their author contracts".

Following the controversy from academics, who claim not to have been told about the Microsoft deal and claim they are not receiving any further remuneration for their work, The Bookseller subsequently asked a range of publishers across both academic and corporate, whether their authors’ work was being used for AI research.

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