Amazon uses physical books for AI training by scanning them and then destroying the books.

404 Media tracked a shipment of books (some rare) to an Amazon facility that scans them for LLM training data and destroys the physical books. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #LargeLanguageModels #books #scanning https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.#AI #Amazon #Books We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

"We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books." https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/ #AI #LLM #Amazon #Books