Anthropic claude is scanning and destroying rare, hard to find books in millions
Summary
Anthropic is reportedly scanning and destroying rare books as part of a court-approved remedy for illegally using them to train its AI model, raising concerns about cultural loss similar to the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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