Some companies destroy books for AI training data, others restore them to last centuries
acmoytoy · x · 2026-09-05
Brian Roemmele contrasts two approaches to books in the AI era: some AI companies slice off spines and dissolve books in acid baths to extract training data, while others repair and preserve books so they survive for centuries.
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