The Third Option: integrating AI training‑data licensing into scholarly publishing workflows

Masaya Ochiai

doi:10.1629/uksg.776

The Third Option: integrating AI training‑data licensing into scholarly publishing workflows

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Volume 39 (2026): Issue 0

By: Masaya Ochiai

Open Access

|Jul 2026

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