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Companies destroying books for AI training data, AirTag reveals

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A hidden AirTag in a book order has revealed that some companies are destroying books after scanning them for AI training data. Employees at a facility in Las Vegas, identified as an Amazon warehouse, reported that books are processed by cutting off their spines, scanning the pages, and then destroying them. This practice, which has seen an upsurge in the purchase of old books by booksellers, is reportedly being used by multiple companies. AI

IMPACT Raises ethical questions about data acquisition methods and the destruction of physical media for AI training.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a practice rather than a specific event, and the sources are social media posts reporting on a practice.

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Companies destroying books for AI training data, AirTag reveals

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Español(ES) · [email protected] ·

    A hidden AirTag in a book has just uncovered something quite shady. 📚 An order of 1,000 books ended up at a facility where, according to employees, the books

    Un AirTag escondido en un libro acaba de destapar algo bastante turbio. 📚 Un pedido de 1.000 libros terminó en una instalación donde, según empleados, los libros se destruyen tras escanearlos para entrenar IA. ¿Estamos cruzando una línea? # AI # Apple

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

    # books # history # AI Booksellers have seen a huge upsurge in the purchase of old books. So a seller agreed to hide an AirTag inside a rare book that was part

    # books # history # AI Booksellers have seen a huge upsurge in the purchase of old books. So a seller agreed to hide an AirTag inside a rare book that was part of a 1000 book order. The book eventually arrived in Las Vegas in an Amazon warehouse named LAS8. It was discovered that…

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