English(EN)Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have alre
调查揭露:亚马逊为训练人工智能销毁珍贵书籍
作者PulseAugur 编辑部·[18 个来源]·
一项调查显示,亚马逊正在购买大量书籍,包括珍贵书籍,以扫描并用于人工智能训练数据。这个过程涉及销毁书籍,一个AirTag追踪到一本珍贵书籍被送往拉斯维加斯的亚马逊设施。据报道,该设施(VGT3)的员工花费大量时间将书籍的脊背切下并扫描页面,这被描述为他们的唯一职能。亚马逊表示,它通过商业渠道购买书籍是为了开发和改进其产品和服务,但未具体回应人工智能训练方面的问题。
AI
404 Media placed an AirTag inside a shipment of 1,000 books, which landed at an Amazon facility that reportedly spends all day cutting the spine off of, and scanning, books.
"Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book w…
Amazon’s move from bookseller to AI training raises a bigger question: what should companies be allowed to sacrifice for model performance? Rare texts are part of our shared memory. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/amaz on-once-an-online-bookseller-is-destroying-rare-books-to-t…
Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. Source: 404 Media https://www. 404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipm ent-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/ # AI # Amazon
Amazon buys large quantities of printed books, scans them as AI training data, and destroys them in the process. Source: The Decoder AI https:// the-decoder.com/airtag-reveals -how-amazon-destroys-rare-books-for-ai-training/ # AI # Amazon
Es sind nicht nur ‚irgendwelche KI Firmen‘ - Amazon selbst kauft ganze Antiquariate auf, um ihre KI zu trainieren. Bücher werden aufgeschnitten, gescant, und weggeschmissen. Eine Team von Investigativjournalisten hat jetzt den Weg der Bücher zum ersten Mal getrackt: # ai # ki # a…
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever’s available online. https:// justpaste.in/news/amazon-once- an-online-bookseller-is-destroying-r…
Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI, investigation reveals. A hidden Airtag traced a book shipment to an Amazon AI facility in Las Vegas where rare texts are reportedly torn from spines and scanned for model training. The company has declined to comment. https:// techcrun…
Amazon is buying and destroying rare books to train its AI systems, according to a new investigation. The report raises fresh questions about the ethics of AI training data and the preservation of cultural heritage. https://www. 404media.co/podcast-amazon-is- destroying-rare-book…
Amazon, the company that started by selling books, is now shredding rare and out-of-print titles to feed its AI models. An investigative sting used hidden Apple AirTags to track books sent to Amazon's trade-in program, revealing they ended up in industrial shredders and landfills…
Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/amaz on-once-an-online-bookseller-is-des…