AI companies are reportedly acquiring and physically destroying rare and old books. This practice is seen as a method to obtain unique data for training AI models, potentially exhausting the available supply of textual data for future AI development. The author suggests this marks a final frontier in data acquisition for AI. AI
RANK_REASON The item describes a speculative claim about AI companies' data acquisition practices without providing specific company names or verifiable evidence, fitting the 'meme' category for unsubstantiated or fringe claims.
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