Books to Bits: How AI's Hunger for Print Fuels a Secondhand Surge and Tests Copyright Limits
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This article was originally published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Getty Images. Something mysterious is happening in the used book market. Over the past few months, independent booksellers have noticed a strange pattern of purchases, with large numbers of novels being shipped to distant warehouses. In a typical week, Stuart Manley of Barter Books in Northumberland, northern England, sells between 2,0…
In order to train their AI, U.S. companies buy large-scale books in Germany. The works are scanned and often destroyed in order to speed up the process. This is at least the accusation. Numerous videos on the topic are circulating on the web and cause indignation. What is behind it?
Books to Bits: How AI's Hunger for Print Fuels a Secondhand Surge and Tests Copyright Limits
Independent booksellers have witnessed something odd lately. Bulk orders arrive without warning. Titles that sat untouched for years suddenly vanish in huge lots. The buyers? Often anonymous firms routing shipments to distant warehouses. One Canadian company’s single purchase at Barter Books in Northumberland matched a full week’s typical sales. “Never seen the like of this after 30 years in the second-hand book trade,” Stuart Manley told the BB…
Mysterious Increase in Used Book Orders: Is it Artificial Intelligence?
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