We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
Summary
404 Media investigates how AI training data procurement works by tracking a shipment of rare books to an Amazon facility. The piece reveals that the books are scanned for training data and the physical copies are destroyed, detailing the LAS8/VGT3 operation in Las Vegas and connections to broader AI data collection efforts. It also places the story in the context of Nova models, Project Panama, and industry concerns about copyright and data ethics.