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AI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed Chatbots

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Decrypt Editorial
(04:38 PM UTC)
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Approved bySarah Chen

In brief

  • AI companies are anonymously buying physical books in bulk and destroying them after scanning them for AI training.
  • Booksellers say demand for obscure and out-of-print titles has surged, raising fears that rare books are disappearing.
  • A federal judge ruled that destructive scanning of legally purchased books can qualify as fair use, even as separate copyright litigation continues.

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