AI companies buy and destroy physical books to train models, says Anna's Archive
AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late
AI companies are secretly buying millions of secondhand books, scanning them, and destroying the originals to train their models, according to a guest post on Anna's Archive. The post cites Anthropic's 'Project Panama,' exposed in a $1.5 billion copyright settlement, as an example. Anna's Archive calls on volunteers worldwide to scan rare books before they are lost forever.
It’s outrageous is that it’s legally permissible, but ethically, it’s an extremely serious crime against humanity.