HarperCollins offers $2,500 to feed a book to AI, some authors still not keen
HarperCollins offers $2,500 to feed a book to AI, some authors still not keen
Daniel Kibblesmith is an author and TV writer. His children’s book Santa’s Husband is published by HarperCollins. HarperCollins sent an offer of $2,500 for a three-year license to feed Kibblesmith…
HarperCollins sent an offer of $2,500 for a three-year license to feed Kibblesmith’s book to an unspecified “large tech company” AI.
HarperCollins claimed that “several hundred authors” had already agreed to the deal. As Kibblesmith’s agent put it: “there is concern that these AI models might one day make us all obsolete.”
Kibblesmith declined, calling the offer “abominable.” He told the AV Club regarding HarperCollins: “It seems like they think they’re cooked, and they’re chasing short money while they can.”