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Anthropic's Project Panama shreds books after scanning, sparking concern

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Anthropic's Project Panama involves acquiring and scanning books, with the scanned copies then being shredded to avoid copyright issues. This practice has been described as disturbing by some observers, who note that it includes rare and unique books. The process has reportedly been sanctioned by courts. AI

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RANK_REASON User expresses concern about a practice described in a YouTube video, rather than a direct announcement or release from the company.

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Anthropic's Project Panama shreds books after scanning, sparking concern

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

    I just watched a disturbing video on YouTube about Anthropic's Project Panama which is basically buying, scanning and shredding as many books as possible, globa

    I just watched a disturbing video on YouTube about Anthropic's Project Panama which is basically buying, scanning and shredding as many books as possible, globally. This includes ordinary books, rare books including only copy in existence and first editions. This bothers me great…

    LINKS youtube.com/watch

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