I've seen almost nothing in the media about this, but it's indicative of a huge shift in book publishing. Many readers and people in publishing will be outraged, but I'm one independent author who feels that it's a good development. Pirating books to train LLMs is, of course, reprehensible, and a suit over that recently became a class action. But buying one book, tearing into pages, and running it through an e-reader to train LLMs is perfectly legal and will continue until a mechanism is in place to provide a reasonable way for the AI industry to pay for access. In this example, it's my understanding that Johns Hopkins will pay authors a share of the revenue it receives unless that opt out of the arrangement to go it on their own.
I think the chances of any author other than a big name to get any income from the AI industry (other than individual book royalties) is roughly zero. What do others think of this news: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/johns-hopkins-press-artificial-intelligence-ai-llm-QKOMZUWMNBC4NLF63TNLPQHD2Q/
by PruneElectronic1310