AI companies like Anthropic destroying books at massive scale, sparking data sourcing debate
SonnyDayCreates · x · 2026-07-30
The post claims AI companies like Anthropic are destroying books on a massive scale, likely for training data, and questions whether to hoard old books. The linked content is not provided, but the topic raises ethical and legal concerns about AI training data sourcing.
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