u/SnooMachines7017

So I have been seeing this on posts about AI Companies being data hungry and going about to procure older books to scan and feed to models as to get High Quality pre-AI text. And during this whole process they cut the back binder to roster individual pages scan then with OCR and when done destroy them. It feels very dystopian arent there any regulations about this do they only destroy non-endangered books or they are after all of them and want to be a single source of truth? https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/17/ai-companies-are-buying-and-destroying-antique-books-heres-why/