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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-launchThe announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and accessible for students and researchers worldwide." That sounds like #OpenAccess.
Q1: Can anyone confirm that Oxford means OA? I have to ask, since Oxford knows the term and apparently chose not to use it.
If the answer is yes, then OpenAI gets a new corpus of important texts to train on and the world gets OA. And eventually all of OpenAI's rivals get the same corpus to train on. If so, then the benefit to OpenAI worth the cost of the digitization is not exclusive access. It's a head start.
Q2: If OpenAI is getting more than a head start in training on these texts, can anyone say what (else) it's getting?
Q3: If these texts will eventually become OA, does anyone know how large a head start OpenAI will get before that happens?
Yesterday (more than 1.5 years later) The Guardian reported on the project and doesn't answer the three questions above.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/oxford-university-bodleian-library-open-ai-chat-gptNor does it answer this one, Q4: Have any of these text already become OA, available to human readers, AI companies, and other entities beyond Oxford and OpenAI?
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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-launchThe announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and accessible for students and researchers worldwide." That sounds like #OpenAccess.
Q1: Can anyone confirm that Oxford means OA? I have to ask, since Oxford knows the term and apparently chose not to use it.
If the answer is yes, then OpenAI gets a new corpus of important texts to train on and the world gets OA. And eventually all of OpenAI's rivals get the same corpus to train on. If so, then the benefit to OpenAI worth the cost of the digitization is not exclusive access. It's a head start.
Q2: If OpenAI is getting more than a head start in training on these texts, can anyone say what (else) it's getting?
Q3: If these texts will eventually become OA, does anyone know how large a head start OpenAI will get before that happens?
Yesterday (more than 1.5 years later) The Guardian reported on the project and doesn't answer the three questions above.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/oxford-university-bodleian-library-open-ai-chat-gptNor does it answer this one, Q4: Have any of these text already become OA, available to human readers, AI companies, and other entities beyond Oxford and OpenAI?
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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-launchThe announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and accessible for students and researchers worldwide." That sounds like #OpenAccess.
Q1: Can anyone confirm that Oxford means OA? I have to ask, since Oxford knows the term and apparently chose not to use it.
If the answer is yes, then OpenAI gets a new corpus of important texts to train on and the world gets OA. And eventually all of OpenAI's rivals get the same corpus to train on. If so, then the benefit to OpenAI worth the cost of the digitization is not exclusive access. It's a head start.
Q2: If OpenAI is getting more than a head start in training on these texts, can anyone say what (else) it's getting?
Q3: If these texts will eventually become OA, does anyone know how large a head start OpenAI will get before that happens?
Yesterday (more than 1.5 years later) The Guardian reported on the project and doesn't answer the three questions above.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/oxford-university-bodleian-library-open-ai-chat-gptNor does it answer this one, Q4: Have any of these text already become OA, available to human readers, AI companies, and other entities beyond Oxford and OpenAI?
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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-launchThe announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and accessible for students and researchers worldwide." That sounds like #OpenAccess.
Q1: Can anyone confirm that Oxford means OA? I have to ask, since Oxford knows the term and apparently chose not to use it.
If the answer is yes, then OpenAI gets a new corpus of important texts to train on and the world gets OA. And eventually all of OpenAI's rivals get the same corpus to train on. If so, then the benefit to OpenAI worth the cost of the digitization is not exclusive access. It's a head start.
Q2: If OpenAI is getting more than a head start in training on these texts, can anyone say what (else) it's getting?
Q3: If these texts will eventually become OA, does anyone know how large a head start OpenAI will get before that happens?
Yesterday (more than 1.5 years later) The Guardian reported on the project and doesn't answer the three questions above.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/oxford-university-bodleian-library-open-ai-chat-gptNor does it answer this one, Q4: Have any of these text already become OA, available to human readers, AI companies, and other entities beyond Oxford and OpenAI?
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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-launchThe announcement says that the digitized works "will become searchable and accessible for students and researchers worldwide." That sounds like #OpenAccess.
Q1: Can anyone confirm that Oxford means OA? I have to ask, since Oxford knows the term and apparently chose not to use it.
If the answer is yes, then OpenAI gets a new corpus of important texts to train on and the world gets OA. And eventually all of OpenAI's rivals get the same corpus to train on. If so, then the benefit to OpenAI worth the cost of the digitization is not exclusive access. It's a head start.
Q2: If OpenAI is getting more than a head start in training on these texts, can anyone say what (else) it's getting?
Q3: If these texts will eventually become OA, does anyone know how large a head start OpenAI will get before that happens?
Yesterday (more than 1.5 years later) The Guardian reported on the project and doesn't answer the three questions above.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/26/oxford-university-bodleian-library-open-ai-chat-gptNor does it answer this one, Q4: Have any of these text already become OA, available to human readers, AI companies, and other entities beyond Oxford and OpenAI?
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Building with Sculptures, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/26/building/
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#sculpture #art #artwork #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel
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Building with Sculptures, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/26/building/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009516515562895670
#sculpture #art #artwork #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel
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Building with Sculptures, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/26/building/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009516515562895670
#sculpture #art #artwork #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel
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Building with Sculptures, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/26/building/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009516515562895670
#sculpture #art #artwork #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel
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Building with Sculptures, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/26/building/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009516515562895670
#sculpture #art #artwork #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travel
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Blogue présentant des gestes écocitoyens et des technologies vertes, dans le domaine du logement, du jardinage, du transport et de l'énergie, du textile et de la mode, l'agriculture et l'alimentation, la santé et du bien-être, la finance responsable, ainsi que des références de livres
https://www.revolutionverte.fr
#Allemagne #Dusseldorf #Hamburg #Leipzig #Frankfurt #Saarbrucken #Saarland #Berlin #Warsaw #Deutschland #Germany #Munchen #Munich #Karlsruhe #Bayern #Bavière #Saxe #Sussex #Oxford #UK
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Blogue présentant des gestes écocitoyens et des technologies vertes, dans le domaine du logement, du jardinage, du transport et de l'énergie, du textile et de la mode, l'agriculture et l'alimentation, la santé et du bien-être, la finance responsable, ainsi que des références de livres
https://www.revolutionverte.fr
#Allemagne #Dusseldorf #Hamburg #Leipzig #Frankfurt #Saarbrucken #Saarland #Berlin #Warsaw #Deutschland #Germany #Munchen #Munich #Karlsruhe #Bayern #Bavière #Saxe #Sussex #Oxford #UK
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Archibald Sayce, born OTD in 1845, held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of #Oxford from 1891 to 1919 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #England #history
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Archibald Sayce, born OTD in 1845, held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of #Oxford from 1891 to 1919 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #England #history
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Archibald Sayce, born OTD in 1845, held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of #Oxford from 1891 to 1919 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #England #history
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Archibald Sayce, born OTD in 1845, held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of #Oxford from 1891 to 1919 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #England #history
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Archibald Sayce, born OTD in 1845, held a chair as Professor of Assyriology at the University of #Oxford from 1891 to 1919 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/oxford-lewis-tolkien/?s=mb #travel #England #history
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Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/25/queens-lane/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009233750962362982
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travele
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Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/25/queens-lane/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009233750962362982
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travele
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Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/25/queens-lane/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009233750962362982
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travele
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Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/25/queens-lane/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009233750962362982
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travele
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Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/25/queens-lane/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/1009233750962362982
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bridge #architecture #college #history #oxford #uk #england #photography #travele
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Tosca, Oxford International Opera, review: Britain’s brand new opera company launches with a letdown
It should have been good news for opera. At Oxford’s New Theatre, a brand new company unveiled its…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #culture #CultureEditor'sChoice #EnglishTouringOpera #Opera #Oxford #Review
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/131737/ Tosca, Oxford International Opera, review: Britain’s brand new opera company launches with a letdown #Britain #culture #CultureEditor'sChoice #EnglishTouringOpera #Opera #Oxford #Review
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https://www.europesays.com/it/699819/ La pressione alta non fa rumore: milioni di persone non sanno di averla #BMJPublicHealth #cuore #ipertensione #IstitutoSuperioreDiSanità #IT #Italia #Italy #LiuW #OurFutureHealth #oxford #PressioneArteriosa #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Scienza #ScienzaETecnologia #ScienzaEtecnologia #Technology #Tecnologia #WorldHealthOrganization
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"On this day of flowers, the animals follow
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks https://medium.com/lit-up/oxford-august-1941-7f3e396f63ca #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
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"On this day of flowers, the animals follow
the usual path of the sun
ripples coagulate like blood..."
Oxford, August 1941 by John E Marks https://medium.com/lit-up/oxford-august-1941-7f3e396f63ca #poetry in the Lit Up press #litpub and #poetrycommunity
#Oxford #BridgeofSighs #haiga