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AI firms reportedly buying and destroying rare books for training data

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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AI firms reportedly buying and destroying rare books for training data

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    Just when it seemed there was no new data to feed to the AI monsters, the companies behind them found old and rare books and started buying them in batches and

    Just when it seemed there was no new data to feed to the AI monsters, the companies behind them found old and rare books and started buying them in batches and destroying them physically to feed their monsters even more; removing said books from access both in sense of physical a…