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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

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5 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 12 August 2026
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6 Sept
Sharing this so we never forget the dystopian reality unfolding around us — rare and antique books, carrying centuries of knowledge and memory, are being erased from existence by AI COMPANIES.

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OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
21 Aug
AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

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REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)OPEN STORY
17 Aug
Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
18 Aug
Journalists slip an AirTag into an Amazon warehouse to prove they destroy rare books to train AI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>An investigation by the <em>404 Media</em> news outlet has revealed more insights into this practice after it agreed with a bookseller to place

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
18 Aug
Journalists slip an AirTag into an Amazon warehouse to prove they destroy rare books to train AI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>An investigation by the <em>404 Media</em> news outlet has revealed more insights into this practice after it agreed with a bookseller to place

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
17 Aug
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

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REPORT · WHAT · Hacker News Best (RSS)OPEN STORY
17 Aug
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
18 May
Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

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