Tech Companies Acquire Rare Books for AI Model Training

An investigation reveals that tech companies are purchasing large quantities of rare old books, which are then shipped to warehouses for training their artificial intelligence models.

19 Aug, 21:13 — 19 Aug, 21:13

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Why tech companies are buying up tons of rare old books to train their AI models

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 404 Media cofounder and reporter Emanuel Maiberg about his investigation into a shipment of rare books which ended up at an Amazon AI training warehouse.

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