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Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models
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Amanda Silberling
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Amazon is reportedly purchasing and destroying rare books to scan them for training data for its large language models. This practice aims to secure high-quality, human-written text to avoid the 'model collapse' associated with training on AI-generated content.
Amazon is buying tons of rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training, according to 404 Media , which placed a tracking device in a rare book that ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas.
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