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Amazon Scans and Destroys Rare Books for AI Training - Report
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (377+ words) Amazon is buying printed books in bulk, cutting the bindings off, scanning the pages for AI training data and discarding the paper, according to a 404 Media investigation published on 17 August 2026. Reporter Emanuel Maiberg confirmed the operation by hiding an Apple…...
NZ bookstores receive bulk orders suspected of being used to train AI
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (987+ words) One seller said the orders were for non-fiction books published before the 1990s. (Source: 1News) Several booksellers across the country say they've received orders from overseas companies for books suspected of being used to train artificial intelligence. Book Haven in Wellington began…...
AI Has Plunged the Book Publishing Industry Into Utter Chaos
17+ hour, 22+ min ago (1089+ words) Shortly after scoring a multimillion-dollar book deal for a debut author, the novelist’s agents pulled the plug. They could no longer support the project, they said, because they couldn’t verify that the book had been wholly written by their client....
The Big Idea: David Ebenbach
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (574+ words) Sometimes it feels like the world is being rapidly overtaken by AI, but author David Ebenbach is here to remind us that this a world of humans, not robots. In the Big Idea for his newest poetry collection, The AI…...
Over Attention to Detail?
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (871+ words) I wrote a movie review 2 years ago, and published it in the Horror Community. I submitted it to the Most Overrated challenge using the RED link that Vocal has for their Challenges, which says: ENTER NOW The Challenge directions are:…...
Book Review: The Enigma Challenge by S.C Godfrey
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (270+ words) With nonstop action, devilishly clever puzzles, and a string of European backdrops, Godfrey delivers a romantic thriller that channels the spirit of Dan Brown, James Bond, and Sandra Brown all at once. Here’s hoping Zoe, Dane, and their next set…...
'404 Media' report: Amazon buys and destroys books for AI training, investigation finds
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (196+ words) RTL Today An investigation by 404 Media used a tracker hidden in a rare book to follow one shipment to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where staff say bindings are being cut off to allow the contents to be scanned…...
Book review: Tech Bros, the Atlassian founders story, is big on detail, light on insight
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (1027+ words) But if you’re looking for startup inspiration, then this may not be the book for you. Ahead of the review, I admit I approached John Stensholt’s and Perry Williams’ book with a touch of unease, worrying the book would be…...
Amazon Cuts Rare Books to Train Its Artificial Intelligence Models
14+ hour, 26+ min ago (292+ words) A hidden destination for rare books has revealed how the race to build better AI may threaten irreplaceable pieces of literary history. Amazon, which began as an online bookstore, is buying rare editions, cutting off their spines, and digitizing their…...
CHRONICLE - THE ENGINE OF TIME
59+ min ago (33+ words) The Supremacy of Time and Non-Time A Perceptual Shift Fiction Experiente by Toni de GomeS THE SUPREMACY OF TIME The continuous course of the arrows of time are …...