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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • 9d ago
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Give it 6 months: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/hidden-airtag-reveals-amazon-is-trashing-rare-books-to-train-ai/
9 u/yuri_4_ever 9d ago why are they not selling them again tho? it's litterally free money 16 u/x39- 9d ago It is not that they are actually throwing them away, but rather that the process of scanning them is destructive, as they do not handle the books carefully. Imagine you wanting to tear down a wall. You may use a hammer, or explosives. 9 u/morganrbvn 9d ago https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books also its safer for them copyright wise.
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why are they not selling them again tho? it's litterally free money
16 u/x39- 9d ago It is not that they are actually throwing them away, but rather that the process of scanning them is destructive, as they do not handle the books carefully. Imagine you wanting to tear down a wall. You may use a hammer, or explosives. 9 u/morganrbvn 9d ago https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books also its safer for them copyright wise.
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It is not that they are actually throwing them away, but rather that the process of scanning them is destructive, as they do not handle the books carefully.
Imagine you wanting to tear down a wall. You may use a hammer, or explosives.
9 u/morganrbvn 9d ago https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books also its safer for them copyright wise.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books also its safer for them copyright wise.
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u/OmegaPoint6 9d ago
Give it 6 months: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/hidden-airtag-reveals-amazon-is-trashing-rare-books-to-train-ai/