Cashmere, IOP Publishing expand AI access to physical sciences research

Cashmere and IOP Publishing have partnered to make IOPP’s books and journals available to authorized AI applications for inference, while keeping the content licensed and monitored. The deal aims to help publishers control how trusted research is discovered, used and credited as AI becomes a bigger gateway to scientific information.

Why it matters: - The partnership gives AI applications a licensed path to trusted physical sciences research. - IOP Publishing can extend discovery of its journals and books without allowing unauthorized use for LLM training. - The arrangement is designed to improve transparency around how scientific content is accessed, used and compensated.

What happened: - Cashmere announced a partnership with IOP Publishing on Sept. 9, 2026. - The agreement will bring IOPP’s book and journal portfolio into AI applications for inference use cases. - Cashmere will provide the infrastructure to license and monitor use of that content. - The content will be made available only to authorized AI applications.

The details: - Cashmere is a content infrastructure platform for trusted publishers. - IOP Publishing is a not-for-profit, society-owned scientific publisher and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics. - The partnership is intended to let publishers support copyright-compliant access to premium content in AI systems. - Cashmere says its platform can help publishers see how content is accessed and used. - Jonathan Munk, Cashmere’s co-founder and CEO, said the infrastructure lets IOPP make content available for inference, protected from training use, and fully tracked. - Antonia Seymour, chief executive of IOP Publishing, said AI is changing how people discover and interact with scientific knowledge. - Seymour said the partnership should help IOPP understand how people engage with research through AI and inform future support for the research community. - Cashmere said the deal builds on its growing network of publisher relationships across academic, trade and professional content. - Cashmere said it is working to make licensed, copyright-compliant infrastructure the standard for how premium content reaches AI systems.

Between the lines: - Publishers are trying to benefit from AI discovery without giving away training rights for valuable content. - The deal reflects a broader push to make AI access measurable, licensed and auditable rather than open-ended. - IOP Publishing’s involvement signals that scientific publishers want influence over how research is represented and attributed in AI tools.

What's next: - Cashmere and IOP Publishing will use the partnership to track usage and gather insight into AI-driven discovery. - The information from that usage should help IOPP refine how it serves researchers and supports the communication of physics research. - Cashmere is likely to use the partnership as another example for publishers considering licensed AI access.

The bottom line: - The deal tries to solve a central AI publishing problem: how to open trusted research to AI without losing control over training, credit or compensation.