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Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a “test of market interest.”

www.404media.co/ai-company-training-scanning-books-database-isbndb/
404 MediaCompany Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media CoverageCiting backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

Replying to @⁨Nobody_Special@piefed.social⁩

Okay book sellers,

  • raise your prices to astronomical amounts
  • put the date as before 2022, but sell AI garbage
  • if you’re trying to unload trash books, change the title slightly to hide it.

They are still doing this, they’re just not advertising it anymore. They haven’t stopped, the greeds have a hold of this company and they’re not going to let go this easily. Shit, it took 3 weeks for them to take down the page because they used the 404 people as advertising.

Replying to @⁨pelespirit@sh.itjust.works⁩

raise your prices to astronomical amounts

Prices for Recreational Books, 1997-2026 ($20)).

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for recreational books are 4.81% lower in 2026 versus 1997 (a $0.96 difference in value

Between 1997 and 2026: Recreational books experienced an average inflation rate of -0.17% per year. In other words, recreational books costing $20 in the year 1997 would cost $19.04 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase.

In 2013 DollarsRecreational books price inflation, 1997→2026This calculator uses the official Consumer Price Index for Recreational books from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Recreational books costing $20 in 1997 would cost $19.04 in 2026.
Edited ⁨⁨Jul⁩ ⁨31⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨15:23⁩⁩en