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Oxford authorizes OpenAI training on Bodleian Library texts
Sep 26, 2026SOURCE: theguardian.com
SO WHAT
This is a phase-transition signal: the window for meaningful consent narrows as cognition becomes a rented input from elite archives.
OpenAI can train models using Bodleian Library materials. Staff raise reputational-risk concerns as the old system mines institutions for data.
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