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Johns Hopkins University announced plans last[cq comment=\"this\" <\/span>] week to license books published by its press for use in training artificial intelligence models.<\/p> Hopkins Press executive director Barbara Kline Pope shared these plans in an email to the publisher's authors, as well as a summary of its rationale.<\/p> Chief among the reasons for this move was to increase the exposure of the work published by Hopkins Press, which Pope said would be \u201cthe best way to continue to engage with readers.\u201d<\/p> She also said the publisher is concerned about AI models like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Google\u2019s Gemini or Anthropic\u2019s Claude potentially scraping pirated content, and believes licensing work published by Hopkins is an effective way to ensure that work is used in a way that supports its authors and the press.<\/p> \u201cLicensing our books to AI platforms helps authors\u2019 work remain visible and influential as readers increasingly use generative AI for research and discovery,\u201d Pope wrote in a statement shared with The Baltimore Sun.<\/p> \u201cBy partnering directly with these platforms, we hope to establish guardrails on how content is used and ensure that authors receive proper attribution.\u201d<\/p> In her message, Pope added that authors published by Hopkins Press could opt out of licensing their work to be used by AI models, giving authors until Aug. 31 to do so.<\/p> According to its website, Hopkins Press\u00a0publishes 110 journals and 150 new books each year, and maintains a backlist of more than 3,000 titles.<\/p>
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