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TechIntent not malicious, it's indifference: Thousands, if not millions, of books sent to AI woodchipper

Investigative journalist Emanuel Maiberg says rare books are being acquired, dismantled and scanned for AI training data. The investigation describes a deliberately opaque global supply chain in which books bought through anonymous marketplaces can reach industrial scanning sites, where bindings are stripped and pages processed rapidly.

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Intent not malicious, it's indifference: Thousands, if not millions, of books sent to AI woodchipper
Intent not malicious, it's indifference: Thousands, if not millions, of books sent to AI woodchipperTech