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Tech giants buy thousands of rare old books for AI training — some are then destroyed
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Tech giants buy thousands of rare old books for AI training — some are then destroyed

German antiquarian bookshops are receiving bulk orders for thousands of old books from tech companies developing AI language models, according to Deutsche Welle. After the books are scanned, some copies are destroyed, causing rare and niche publications to disappear from the market permanently. The trend is raising growing concern about the preservation of unique literary heritage.

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