Anthropic Accused of Shredding Millions of Used Books for Training Data
l4rz · x · 2026-07-30
A tweet points out that Anthropic has been accused of shredding millions of used books to obtain training data. The author criticizes the act, claiming it uses the guise of the "greater good" and makes extreme comparisons to historical book burnings.
Furthermore, the tweet notes that it is bizarre it took over a year for this "book-shredding-gate" incident to gain widespread public attention.
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