The Vanishing Page: AI Firms Scan Then Destroy Rare Book Editions
Summary
The Dallas Express reports on AI firms bulk-purchasing rare and out-of-print books, then scanning and destroying the originals to train AI models. It ties this practice to legal context, including a fair-use ruling and Anthropic's Project Panama, and discusses the involvement of intermediaries like ISBNdb and international book sellers. The piece also touches on concerns about preservation of physical editions and the ethics of AI training data.