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How books are being scanned and destroyed to train artificial intelligence
To train artificial intelligence models, millions of physical books are being digitised and destroyed. Our colleagues at France 2 investigate this controversial practice and the risk of seeing many rare second-hand books disappear forever.
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Millions of physical books are being digitised and then destroyed to provide data for artificial‑intelligence model training. France 2 investigated the practice, highlighting concerns that the approach could lead to the loss of many rare second‑hand books.
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