Amazon Is Reportedly Buying Rare Books In Bulk, Then Destroying Them to Train AI
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An AirTag hidden inside a rare book has offered an unusual glimpse into Amazon’s book-scanning operation in Las Vegas. The tracked volume was part of a bulk purchase of nearly 1,000 titles and ended up at the company’s VGT3 facility, where workers reportedly remove bindings, scan pages, and discard the remaining books. Older, human-written texts have become valuable sources of material as AI compa
