Anthropic book-destruction criticism is really about copyright law and a judge’s order
alejandroll10 · x · 2026-07-29
Anthropic is being criticized for destroying books used in training, but the post argues the company is doing so because copyright law and a judge’s ruling effectively force that outcome.
It also points to a book-scanning device from Treventus as evidence that fragile books can be digitized without being destroyed.
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