silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slopwww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down13
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minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoNot the rare, out of print, and long forgotten. And that’s what’s so scary about this. They’re probably not paying to scan books that would otherwise end up at a landfill.
minus-squareBlaestEgnen@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoOnly ISBN’d books, so anything earlier than 1965 is currently not requested by them
Not the rare, out of print, and long forgotten. And that’s what’s so scary about this. They’re probably not paying to scan books that would otherwise end up at a landfill.
Only ISBN’d books, so anything earlier than 1965 is currently not requested by them