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Oxford partners with OpenAI to digitize Bodleian public-domain books
Original: In March 2025, # Oxford announced that it was working with # OpenAI to digitize # PublicDomain # books from the # Bodlei
In March 2025, the University of Oxford announced a partnership with OpenAI to digitize public-domain books from the Bodleian Library. According to the announcement, the digitized works will become searchable and more widely accessible. The collaboration has drawn attention among librarians, researchers and open-access advocates discussing the role of AI companies in digitizing cultural heritage collections.
Why now: People are debating the implications of a major AI company partnering with a famous library to digitize public-domain works.
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- In March 2025, # Oxford announced that it was working with # OpenAI to digitize # PublicDomain # books from the # BodleianLibrary . https://www. bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/ oxford-and-openai-launch The announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and… · petersuber@fediscience.org · 28
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