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Anthropic faces criticism over alleged book destruction for AI training

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A user on Mastodon expressed strong negative sentiment towards individuals allegedly involved with Anthropic, accusing them of destroying old books to extract information for AI models. The user cited ISBNdb.com as a company allegedly facilitating these actions, and referenced an article suggesting that the purpose of books is solely to train AI models and generate revenue for vendors like ISBNdb. AI

IMPACT Criticism emerges regarding the ethical implications of AI data acquisition practices.

RANK_REASON This is a user-generated post on a social media platform expressing an opinion about a company, not a primary source announcement or report.

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Anthropic faces criticism over alleged book destruction for AI training

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ ScruffyJunco You should. Because these people are scum and should be ejected from civilization. Per ISBNdb, the company that (allegedly) Anthropic is hiring t

    @ ScruffyJunco You should. Because these people are scum and should be ejected from civilization. Per ISBNdb, the company that (allegedly) Anthropic is hiring to buy and scan and destroy these old books: “A physical book is a delivery mechanism for information. Once that informat…

    LINKS pivot-to-ai.com/…/ai-vendors-are-destroyi…

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