AI Companies Are Shredding Rare Books for Training Data
anon373839 · hn · 2026-07-27
Reports indicate that AI companies are resorting to destructive methods, such as shredding rare books, to process and extract text for model training. This has sparked significant debate on Hacker News regarding the ethics and legality of AI data sourcing, copyright issues, and the preservation of cultural heritage.
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