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An investigation by 404 Media, reported Monday, tracked a rare book using an Apple AirTag through a bulk order, following it from California to a Las Vegas Amazon warehouse known as VGT3, where workers remove book bindings, scan the pages and then destroy the physical copies.

An investigation by 404 Media, reported Monday, tracked a rare book using an Apple AirTag through a bulk order, following it from California to a Las Vegas Amazon warehouse known as VGT3, where workers remove book bindings, scan the pages and then destroy the physical copies.

Amazon stated it "purchases books through commercial channels to help develop and improve" their products, but did not specifically mention AI training. Rivals Anthropic and xAI have publicly stated they do not train on rare or antique books.

Amazon stated it "purchases books through commercial channels to help develop and improve" their products, but did not specifically mention AI training. Rivals Anthropic and xAI have publicly stated they do not train on rare or antique books.

On an online company forum, Amazon workers at VGT3, whose logo depicts a Tyrannosaurus rex about to eat a book, described a split operation in which some employees cut books while others received shipments and scanned barcodes.

On an online company forum, Amazon workers at VGT3, whose logo depicts a Tyrannosaurus rex about to eat a book, described a split operation in which some employees cut books while others received shipments and scanned barcodes.

AI developers seek older and out-of-print books because the text is rarely available online and predates generative AI. Researchers have warned that training models solely on AI-generated text risks "model collapse," which is the degradation of the quality of future outputs.

AI developers seek older and out-of-print books because the text is rarely available online and predates generative AI. Researchers have warned that training models solely on AI-generated text risks "model collapse," which is the degradation of the quality of future outputs.

This comes after a federal judge ruled last year that Anthropic's practice of buying print books, stripping their bindings and scanning them constituted fair use, though a separate ruling over books downloaded from pirate sites, after which <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/anthropic-pays-b-in-landmark-ai-copyright-settlement">Anthropic settled for $1.5 billion</a>.

This comes after a federal judge ruled last year that Anthropic's practice of buying print books, stripping their bindings and scanning them constituted fair use, though a separate ruling over books downloaded from pirate sites, after which Anthropic settled for $1.5 billion.

Booksellers suspect AI firms are systematically working through ISBN lists to scan every printed book in circulation. The bookseller who planted the tracking device said the targeted books carry "historical value, intellectual value [and] sentimental value."

Booksellers suspect AI firms are systematically working through ISBN lists to scan every printed book in circulation. The bookseller who planted the tracking device said the targeted books carry "historical value, intellectual value [and] sentimental value."

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