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Tracker in rare book ends up in Amazon facility destroying books to train AI

TLDR

An investigative report revealed that a tracking device placed inside a rare book ended up at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas that physically destroys books to extract text for AI training data. The facility operates at scale, processing large volumes of physical books. The discovery raises legal and ethical questions about sourcing physical media for AI training corpora.

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