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Are AI companies scanning and destroying millions of books, including rare titles?

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Published: 2026-08-03 19:53:00
Discovered: 2026-08-03 20:10:27
Author: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Hash: 535906130caf5ecfd0c95fca522446ca3d4d1e2c
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ai-companies-destroying-rare-books/
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Snopes reviewed internal documents from Anthropic that show they have bought millions of books to "destructively scan" them to train their AI model.
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Snopes reviewed internal documents from Anthropic that show they have bought millions of books to "destructively scan" them to train their AI model.