Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
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An Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas scans and destroys thousands of books to collect AI training data. Workers cut off book spines, scan loose pages at high speed using roughly 25 machines, then discard the remains. Books come from libraries, universities, and publishers worldwide, making them permanently unusable afterward.
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