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Anthropic subsidiary scanned rare books, bookshop cancels orders

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A bookshop in Wellington discovered that a subsidiary of Anthropic was placing large orders for rare books. The bookshop investigated and found that Anthropic was scanning these books for its AI system and then destroying the physical copies. The store subsequently canceled all outstanding orders. AI

RANK_REASON The item describes a fringe theory about Anthropic's practices, not a verifiable event or announcement.

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Anthropic subsidiary scanned rare books, bookshop cancels orders

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

    A small book shop in Wellington started getting bulk orders of rare or hard-to-find books. After investigating, they found the company making the orders was a s

    A small book shop in Wellington started getting bulk orders of rare or hard-to-find books. After investigating, they found the company making the orders was a subsidiary of Anthropic, a company known for scanning rare books into their AI system, and then destroying the physical c…

    LINKS rnz.co.nz/…/wellington-second-hand-book-s…

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