SMRTR AIOct 18, 2024Engadget

Penguin Random House amends its copyright rules to protect authors from AI

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Penguin Random House, the world's largest publishing house, has updated its copyright notices to protect authors' work from being used to train AI systems. The new wording prohibits using any part of their books for AI training and reserves rights against data mining. This move follows recent actions by other publishers, like The New York Times, to protect their content from AI companies. The change aims to prevent unauthorized use of literary works in developing AI technologies.

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