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Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models
Headline by TechCrunch
3 outlets from 3 owner groupsEarliest report we found: TechCrunch, 17 August 2026, 16:38 UTC
Reports, in time order
- TechCrunchAmazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models (opens TechCrunch's report in a new tab)
- Ars TechnicaHidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI (opens Ars Technica's report in a new tab)
- DecryptRare Books Traced to Amazon AI Training Facility to Be Scanned and Destroyed (opens Decrypt's report in a new tab)