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Aug. 17th, 2026 11:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/
Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquired by an AI company for training data, and following it around the country to its final destination.
The AI-generated logo for this particular book scanning office makes me want to...
...celebrate and support libraries, archives, and the underpaid and underappreciated people who work to protect books and ensure that knowledge is freely available to everyone.
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/
Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquired by an AI company for training data, and following it around the country to its final destination.
The AI-generated logo for this particular book scanning office makes me want to...
...celebrate and support libraries, archives, and the underpaid and underappreciated people who work to protect books and ensure that knowledge is freely available to everyone.
