Should scientists be paid when AI chatbots use their work?
Two major scientific publishers have recently sold access to research papers to train AIs at big tech firms
Scientists should be compensated and credited when artificial intelligence chatbots pull information from their papers, a collecting society has said. The call comes amid news that two major academic publishers sold access to their research papers and data to large tech firms to train their artificial intelligence models without consulting authors.
Earlier this month, some authors expressed shock when academic publisher Taylor & Francis sold access to its research as part of a one-year deal with tech giant Microsoft in exchange for £8 million, The Bookseller reported. Wiley, another scholarly publisher, also completed a content rights agreement with a large, undisclosed tech company, the company disclosed at the end of June.