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AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services to avoid headlines about AI companies buying and destroying millions of books (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] sachamato@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Great that they are digitalising, but can't they also find a non destructive way to do so? I wonder... Books have always been there and are inherent to our history and human existence. This should not be happening, ever. Books need to be well preserved.

[โ€“] Frettchen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Did you read about it? The destruction is the part they are interested in

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