AI Companies Quietly Buying and Destroying Millions of Books to Train Models

Source: Sankakucomplex.com· BlackAshes· July 30, 2026

AI companies are reportedly purchasing millions of physical books through intermediary firms, cutting off their spines, scanning every page, and destroying the originals to build training datasets. According to a new investigation, the use of middlemen is int…

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