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Oxford Let OpenAI Train on Bodleian Texts
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Oxford University allowed OpenAI to train its AI models on Bodleian Library texts, including 125,000 scans of old PhD theses sent by June 2025, according to internal papers seen by the Guardian. Oxford publicly announced the partnership in March 2025 but did not disclose the AI training use. Staff raised concerns about reputational harm and energy use.
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