Amazon destroys rare books for AI training

Amazon is reportedly purchasing and destroying rare books to scan their content for training artificial intelligence models. The company states it buys books through commercial channels to improve its services.

✦Where they agreeAmazon is scanning rare books for AI training, which involves destroying the original copies.

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