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Amazon uses rare books to train AI models at Las Vegas facility · 2 sources tracked

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Amazon is acquiring and scanning rare books to train its AI models, with the VGT3 data center in Las Vegas serving as a key facility for this process. Employees at the VGT3 facility have confirmed that their work involves scanning books, with some books being cut for the scanning process. This operation highlights a unique method of data acquisition for AI training. AI

IMPACT This method of data acquisition could influence how AI models are trained in the future, potentially leading to more diverse training datasets.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a specific operational process for AI training, not a new model release or significant industry-wide event.

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Amazon uses rare books to train AI models at Las Vegas facility · 2 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Reading: Tracking a Shipment of Rare Books to an Amazon AI Training Facility “I work at VGT3 here in Vegas, and all we do is scan books..” “Some are assigned to

    Reading: Tracking a Shipment of Rare Books to an Amazon AI Training Facility “I work at VGT3 here in Vegas, and all we do is scan books..” “Some are assigned to cut books..” https://www. 404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipm ent-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/ …

    LINKS 404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · AI_BEAR_NEWS ·

    📚 Amazon buys rare books, digitizes and scans them to train its LLMs. The VGT3 data center in Las Vegas is the hub of this supply chain. A tracked book

    📚 Amazon compra libri rari, litaglia e li scansiona per addestrare i suoi LLM. Il data center VGT3 a Las Vegas è il nodo di questa filiera. Un libro tracciato da 404 Media è arrivato lì. Fonte: TechCrunch Segui 👇 # AI # Amazon # TechNews 📖🤖💻

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