Amazon is reportedly destroying rare and out-of-print books by scanning them to train AI models. This practice has drawn criticism, with sources calling it "despicable" and a loss of cultural heritage. The books are allegedly being shredded after being digitized, raising ethical concerns about the company's profit-driven approach to AI development. AI
IMPACT Raises ethical concerns about the data sourcing and environmental impact of AI training.
RANK_REASON The cluster consists of social media posts criticizing Amazon's alleged practice of destroying books for AI training, rather than a primary source announcement or report.
Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →
AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 2 sources. How we write summaries →
