AI companies are destroying more books than you think, says bookseller

AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?

One of the stories of the last few weeks has been that AI companies have been scanning books in very large numbers in order to train their models with content guaranteed to have been written before…

AI companies are destroying more books than you think, says bookseller

A bookseller says AI scanning has destroyed tens of millions of books and it's taking a toll on booksellers.

When the Moon Choked on AI to be a Bestseller — AnOublietteofThought

Shame on the publishers who didn't catch it. Is seeing the underlying foundation and patterning really that challenging? It was bad enough when very talented authors chose to make virtual copy-and-paste books, but this...this... It sends me into a rage. An actual rage. Fucking hell! How do people stomach reading this fancied up slop?! That is NOT how a thesaurus is used! No wonder AI companies are buying up rare books and texts, scanning, then d…

Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI

Read the full story at Ars Technica. For the past year or so, booksellers have suspected that AI firms are buying up huge lots of rare books, then destroying them after scanning them to train AI. But this was hard to prove until now, as 404 Media reports that an Airtag hidden in a rare book shows that at … Continue reading Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI