Report: Oxford Lets OpenAI Train Its AI Models On Historical Texts From the Bodleian Library

From The Guardian:The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian Library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data.
The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents.
Oxford announced a partnership with the company in March 2025, using OpenAI software to digitise texts from the university’s world-famous li