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Why tech companies are buying up tons of rare old books to train their AI models

NPR Technology · August 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM

Why tech companies are buying up tons of rare old books to train their AI models

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 404 Media cofounder and reporter Emanuel Maiberg about his investigation into a shipment of rare books which ended up at an Amazon AI training warehouse.

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