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AI companies are reportedly acquiring and destroying physical books to train their models, raising concerns about the monopolization of knowledge. Anna's Archive is urging volunteers to scan and upload books to preserve cultural heritage before it is lost.
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- AI companies are buying secondhand books, scanning them, and then destroying them to obtain training data for models.
- Anthropic's Project Panama, revealed in a copyright settlement, involved spending millions on this practice.
- The destruction of physical books raises ethical concerns about the monopolization of knowledge on private servers.
- Anna's Archive is calling for global volunteer efforts to scan and upload various materials to preserve knowledge.
- Since 2025, over half of newly published internet content has been AI-generated, leading to fears about the future of human-written content.
- The initiative aims to prevent the complete loss of human knowledge and ensure access for future generations.
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