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Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
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17 Aug
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AI
Other feeds and industry voices
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
12 Aug
Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.
REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
17 Aug
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a <em>T. rex</em> preparing to devour a book as its logo.
REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
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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