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AI training orders prompt bookseller warnings over book destruction

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Booksellers are raising concerns about suspicious orders for old books, which are reportedly being purchased in bulk to train artificial intelligence models. The practice involves acquiring these books with the intention of destroying them after their content has been digitized for AI training purposes. This trend has prompted warnings from booksellers regarding the potential impact on the rare book market and cultural heritage. AI

IMPACT Potential impact on the rare book market and cultural heritage due to AI training data acquisition methods.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a trend and its potential impact, rather than a specific event or release.

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AI training orders prompt bookseller warnings over book destruction

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 (CA) · [email protected] ·

    Buying old books to train an AI and destroy them: booksellers' alert over suspicious orders. https://www. 3cat.cat/3catinfo/comprar-llib res-vells-

    Comprar llibres vells per entrenar una IA i destruir-los: alerta dels llibreters per comandes sospitoses. https://www. 3cat.cat/3catinfo/comprar-llib res-vells-per-entrenar-una-ia-i-destruir-los-alerta-dels-llibreters-per-comandes-sospitoses/noticia/3411565/ # IA # AI

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