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Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books

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Booksellers have raised suspicions that artificial intelligence firms are purchasing rare physical books solely to destroy them in the process of training AI models. This practice targets fragile, older volumes that contain early human documentation and historical perspectives.

The destruction of these rare texts for technological training has drawn concern over the loss of historical artifacts that hold cultural and material value for those who appreciate physical literature and early records.

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