Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

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TechCrunch	Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models	Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.	17 Aug, 16:38	17 Aug, 16:45	0m	techcrunch.com	First

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