Amazon joins other tech giants in gobbling up books to train AI, report finds
Amazon is reportedly buying massive quantities of rare books, scanning their pages to train its AI models and destroying the tomes in the process.
Last updated: 2026-08-20 12:21:35 ET
Amazon is reportedly buying massive quantities of rare books, scanning their pages to train its AI models and destroying the tomes in the process.
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