Microsoft has entered into an agreement with HarperCollins that will give the software giant access to content from the publisher to train its AI models. As per the terms of the agreement, the Redmond-based company will only have access to non-fiction titles.

The deal will reportedly allow Microsoft to improve an as-yet-unannounced AI model by training it on licensed nonfiction books.

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,

According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 404 Media, the agreement protects authors’ “underlying value of their works and our shared revenue and royalty streams.” Author Daniel Kibblesmith posted screenshots of an email showing that he would be paid $2,500 if he allowed one of his books to be licensed.

HarperCollins has not responded to requests for comment.

Microsoft’s AI training deal with HarperCollins’ nonfiction works meets author resistance over licensing terms.

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

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

Agreements between publishers and AI-oriented enterprises define this cooperation's pattern. Microsoft-backed OpenAI signed contracts with the Financial Times, Axel Springer, Dotdash Meredith ( IAC, Financials) and News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal, valued at $250 million earlier this year.

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