Booksellers Suspect AI Companies Destroying Rare Books for Training Data
According to Ars Technica, booksellers suspect AI companies are buying and destroying rare physical books to obtain exclusive training data. This practice of destroying physical artifacts for model training has sparked significant ethical and copyright concerns within the industry.
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- Booksellers Suspect AI Firms Are Buying and Destroying Rare Books — rhiever · 2026-08-13
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