Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI

Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:38:44 GMT

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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The same story across the political spectrum (6 sources)

Center-Right: Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI — www.arstechnica.com
Center: Granola Is the Latest Recall in America’s Salmonella-Drenched Food System — www.gizmodo.com
Center: Granola sold nationwide on Amazon recalled over salmonella contamination fears — www.foxbusiness.com
Center: Amazon’s New Terms of Service Bar Customers From Filing Class-Action Lawsuits — www.cnet.com
Right: Wi-Fi. Microwaves. Electromagnetism. It's all connected — and so is the damage. — www.theblaze.com

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