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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

Anthropic and peers bulk-buy rare books to shred for training, bypassing Google's 2009 non-destructive scanner for speed. Destroying irreplaceable collections reveals unsustainable foundation-model supply chains; Anthropic faced 2025 lawsuits, signaling regulatory backlash risk.

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Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be…

Some fear that these books will be scanned and destroyed by machines, with no human ever setting their eyes on their content.

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mercoledì 12 agosto 2026·tomshardware.com
Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be destroyed to train AI —…
Some fear that these books will be scanned and destroyed by machines, with no human ever setting their eyes on their content.
mercoledì 12 agosto 2026·arstechnica.com
Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.

Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be…

Timeline cronologica

Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be destroyed to train AI —…

Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books