An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft—without their authors' knowledge
2024-07-23 16:18:47
In May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a deal with Microsoft involving "access to advanced learning content and data, and a partnership to explore AI expert applications." Informa is the parent company of Taylor & Francis, which publishes a wide range of academic and technical books and journals, so the data in question may include the content of these books and journals.