{"slug": "working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai", "title": "Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI", "summary": "MIT's Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI, co-chaired by MIT Libraries Director Chris Bourg and Office of the General Counsel Counsel Claire Schneider, released three resource documents on August 12, 2026, to guide the MIT community on legal, technical, and ethical issues when scholarly content is used to train generative AI models. The group, launched in April 2025 by the offices of the Provost, Vice President for Research, and General Counsel, aims to inform decisions by MIT scholars and Institute entities that publish or manage scholarly content.", "body_md": "Dear colleagues,\n\nWe write today to share the outputs of the [Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI](https://provost.mit.edu/about/areas-of-oversight/mit-working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai/), which was co-chaired by Chris Bourg, MIT Libraries Director, and Claire Schneider, Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC).\n\n[Launched in April 2025](https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/working-group-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai) by the offices of the Provost (under then-Provost Cynthia Barnhart), Vice President for Research, and General Counsel, the working group was charged with helping the MIT community develop a common understanding of the legal, technical, and ethical issues involved when scholarly content is used in the development and training of generative AI models.\n\nIn the course of its charge, the working group produced three resource documents to inform decisions made by MIT scholars and Institute entities that publish, steward, or otherwise manage scholarly content.\n\nWe are grateful to Chris and Claire for their leadership and to the members of the working group, listed below our signatures, for their thoughtful work to advise the Institute on these important issues.\n\nWe encourage you to review these final materials and provide any feedback by emailing [aicontent-workinggroup@mit.edu](mailto:aicontent-workinggroup@mit.edu).\n\nSincerely,\n\nAnantha P. Chandrakasan\n\nProvost\n\nIan A. Waitz\n\nVice President for Research\n\nChris Bourg, Director of Libraries (co-chair)\n\nClaire Schneider, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (co-chair)\n\nAmy Brand, Director and Publisher, MIT Press\n\nChristopher Capozzola, Elting E. Morison Professor of History and Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning\n\nCatherine D’Ignazio, Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning\n\nDylan Hadfield-Menell, Bonnie and Marty (1964) Tenenbaum Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\n\nGraham Jones, Professor of Anthropology\n\nYoon Kim, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\n\nRuth Lehmann, Professor of Biology and Director of the Whitehead Institute\n\nMeghan McCollum Fenno, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, and Executive Director, Office of Strategic Alliances, Transactions & Translation\n\nSusan S. Silbey, Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Sociology and Anthropology, and Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences\n\nEric So, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Global Economics and Management\n\nLily L. Tsai, Ford Professor of Political Science\n\nKatie Zimmerman, Director of Copyright Strategy, MIT Libraries\n\nAugust 12, 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai", "canonical_source": "https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/working-group-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai-0", "published_at": "2026-08-12 15:33:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 18:44:57.731157+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Massachusetts Institute of Technology", "MIT Libraries", "Office of the General Counsel", "Chris Bourg", "Claire Schneider", "Anantha P. Chandrakasan", "Ian A. Waitz", "MIT Press"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/working-group-on-scholarly-content-and-generative-ai.jsonld"}}