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AI firms buy millions of old books for clean training data · 4 sources tracked

By PulseAugur Editorial · [4 sources] ·

AI companies are actively acquiring large quantities of old, printed books to use as training data. These pre-2022 books are sought after because they are free from AI-generated text, which can lead to "model collapse" and introduce errors in future AI models. Companies like ISBNdb are facilitating these bulk purchases, offering services to scan and process millions of books while maintaining client anonymity due to potential negative public perception of destroying physical books. AI

IMPACT Mitigates model collapse risk and potentially improves AI model quality by diversifying training data away from web-scraped content.

RANK_REASON Significant industry trend of AI companies sourcing unique data to mitigate model collapse, involving major players and legal challenges.

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AI firms buy millions of old books for clean training data · 4 sources tracked

COVERAGE [4]

  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Emanuel Maiberg ·

    AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

    ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: As AI companies search for more

    📰 AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: As AI companies search for more training data to improve their models, one company is offering old, printed books as an ideal source because they... 📰 S…

    LINKS news.slashdot.org/…/ai-companies-are-buyi…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AI companies are buying millions of old books to use as training data for their models, avoiding the AI slop that pollutes the modern web. A book database compa

    AI companies are buying millions of old books to use as training data for their models, avoiding the AI slop that pollutes the modern web. A book database company says pre-2022 printed books are structurally guaranteed to be free of AI-generated content that could cause model col…

    LINKS 404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-…
  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop https:// web.brid.gy/r/https://www.404m edia.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-bo

    AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop https:// web.brid.gy/r/https://www.404m edia.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/

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