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wikipediasuckscoop@wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.world
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AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books

www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/ai-companies-are-anonymously-buying-and-destroying-millions-of-books-through-middleman-services-to-avoid-headlines-about-ai-companies-buying-and-destroying-millions-of-books/
A book burning on a rock by the coast.PC GamerAI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of booksBooksellers say they're facing a sudden surge of orders for seemingly random rare books—and fear they might be profiting from their destruction.
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Blaster M@Blaster_M@lemmy.world
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comment doesn’t matter

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OccamsTeapot@OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Please enlighten us

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nullspace@nullspace@lemmy.world
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They commit mass amounts of copyright infringement before burning the books.

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OccamsTeapot@OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Good heavens! I’m starting to think there’s something rotten in this “steal people’s work, regurgitate it back at them at great environmental cost and if they don’t like it, force it down their throats at every opportunity” industry

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