Amazon has been caught systematically scanning and destroying rare books to feed its artificial intelligence systems, according to a report from Futurism detailing an investigation by 404 Media. The revelation exposes a quiet industrial process in which physical volumes are permanently dismantled so…
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Now Amazon Has Been Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility…
An AirTag traced a roughly 1,000-book order to an Amazon scanning operation. Inc. found unusual shipments were reaching the same Las Vegas warehouse back in 2024.
Amazon has been caught systematically scanning and destroying rare books to feed its artificial intelligence systems, according to a report from Futurism detailing an investigation by 404 Media. The revelation exposes a quiet industrial process in which physical volumes are permanently dismantled so…
Some used and independent bookstores have reported unexpectedly large book orders and suspect that the books are being scanned to train AI models and then destroyed. As part of a new investigative report, 404 Media put a tracking device in a book to see where it'd end up.
Amazon, which operates 19 facilities in Southern Nevada, scans and shreds books at its LAS8 warehouse in North Las Vegas, according to a 404 Media investigation.
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