Artificial intelligence developers have received significant criticism for utilizing the work of others in training their models. In response, the world’s largest publishing house is taking measures to protect its authors from having their work used without consent in AI development.
Penguin Random House Publishing has updated the copyright page in the front of its books to prevent them from being used as sources for AI training. The revised text now states: “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.”
Furthermore, the updated wording safeguards against data absorption by explicitly excluding its titles from the text and data mining exception. This adjustment aligns with a recent European Parliament directive concerning text and data mining exceptions and ownership.
Penguin Random House joins other publishing companies in taking action against AI models encroaching on their content. Earlier this week, The New York Times issued a cease and desist letter to the AI startup Perplexity to stop using its articles and stories for developing AI-generated responses.
