Amazon Joins Other Tech Giants in Gobbling up Books to Train AI, Report Finds
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Amazon and Antropic are purchasing large quantities of rare, out-of-print books to train AI models, then scanning and shredding them. While this is a strategy to secure high-quality training data, it is emerging as a new variable affecting the profitability and sustainability of AI companies, raising concerns about the destruction of cultural heritage, copyright lawsuits, and increased data acquisition costs.
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AI Companies are buying hardcover books and destroying them
The biggest fear for people who want to see books preserved through the training process is that AI firms will callously pulp rare books that can never be replaced. The post AI Companies are buying hardcover books and destroying them first appeared on Good e-Reader.
According to Forbes, AI giants are buying millions of rare and antique books in bulk to train their next generation of models and avoid legal responsibility, digitizing the pages and completely destroying the physical copies.
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