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AirTag reveals how Amazon destroys rare books for AI training

The Decoder · Aug 17, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC

Amazon buys large quantities of printed books, scans them as AI training data, and destroys them in the process. The article AirTag reveals how Amazon destroys rare books for AI training appeared first on The Decoder .

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