Anthropic reportedly spent tens of millions of dollars over the past year to acquire millions of books. The company allegedly removed the spines of these books to facilitate faster scanning, with the original books being destroyed in the process. This action is part of Anthropic's efforts to gather data for its AI models. AI
IMPACT Raises ethical questions about data acquisition methods in AI development and could lead to increased scrutiny of AI companies' practices.
RANK_REASON The cluster consists of social media posts discussing a news report about Anthropic's data acquisition methods, rather than a direct announcement from Anthropic.
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