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AI Company Destructive Scanning Practice Worries Local Bookstore

George Brooks says destructive scanning wastes books as Anthropic faces scrutiny after a $1.5 billion settlement over pirated e-books.

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A Largo bookstore owner is says the practice of buying, scanning and discarding books should not happen.

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On TikTok, AI companies are accused of buying and destroying massively rare works, even a modern form of book burning. What's the point?

·Hamburg, Germany
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AI company destructive scanning practice worries local bookstore

A Largo bookstore owner is says the practice of buying, scanning and discarding books should not happen.

·Saint Petersburg, United States
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ChatGPT will soon be available with advertising. Will books for AI training be destroyed? What a new research reveals. And: Flux 3 of the German AI company Black Forest Labs is here.

·Germany
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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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