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Amazon reportedly destroys rare books to train AI models
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TechCrunch AI reports that Amazon is destroying rare physical books to obtain text for training large language models. The article says rare books are valuable because models have already absorbed much publicly available online text.
Why It Matters
If true, using unique physical materials for model training could raise legal, ethical, and cultural preservation concerns.
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- TechCrunch AI reports Amazon is destroying rare physical books to extract text for LLM training. [1]
- The article states rare books are valuable since models have already trained on much available online text. [1]
- TechCrunch AI: Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI 18 Aug 2026
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