Outputs From MIT’s Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI Now Available

From a MIT Blog Post by
Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Provost & Ian A. Waitz, Vice President for Research:

We write today to share the outputs of the 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).

Launched in April 2025 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.

In 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.

1. Recommendations to inform decisions made by individual scholars in the use of scholarly content for generative AI.
2. A guide that provides specific and detailed information about accessing and using scholarly content for generative AI training purposes and describes which administrative office on campus can assist with particular questions.
3. A white paper (20 pages; PDF) written for the MIT community to describe the varying perspectives of different MIT stakeholders, as well as inform those interested in better understanding the current legal landscape that governs access and use of scholarly content for GenAI training.

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All Outputs

• Direct to Recommendations Document
• Direct to Guide Document: Machine Learning with Scholarly Content
• Direct to White Paper

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