AIFIRST Tracker in rare book ends up in Amazon facility destroying books to train AI
The brief
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.
Key points
- 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.
Sources
- HNtomshardware.com