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Millions of books destroyed to train artificial intelligences

Mass-purchased books are being digitized and then destroyed to train AI models.

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This practice threatens rare or out-of-print copies, according to an investigation by 'L’Œil du 20H'.

Publishers and librarians are concerned about the loss of parts of the written heritage.

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