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Are AI Companies Really Destroying Books?
The Atlantic reported that AI companies, including Anthropic, have bought and destroyed millions of physical books to scan pages for AI model training. This practice is intended to acquire pre-ChatGPT texts, avoiding AI-generated content that can degrade model quality.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 02:40 PM EDT
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