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Is Amazon buying and destroying large amounts of books to train AI? Unpacking the claim

Tracking devices in book shipments reportedly led to an Amazon facility in Las Vegas emblazoned with a book-hungry dinosaur.

Is Amazon buying and destroying large amounts of books to train AI? Unpacking the claim

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