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I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that the first reports of AI book buyups were in Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. The theory is that these AI companies are in a race to get the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

Edit: and if you scan and destroy rare books then you have an advantage over the competition, another company can’t scan a book you’ve destroyed

I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that the first reports of AI book buyups were in Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. The theory is that these AI companies are in a race to get the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

Edit: and if you scan and destroy rare books. Then you have an advantage over the competition, another company can’t scan a book you’ve destroyed

I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that the first reports of AI book buyups were in Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. The theory is that these AI companies are in a race to get the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that the first reports of AI book buyups were in Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. The theory is that these AI companies are going after the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that before there was any English reporting, there was reporting from Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. The theory is that these AI companies are going after the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast. They said that before there was any English reporting. There was reporting from Spain and the Netherlands, from rare book traders. Theory is that these AI companies are going after the rare books first because they will be scanned and destroyed and they know that the widely circulated books will be available later

Some of these books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy. I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their July 21 podcast, although they don’t seem to mention this in the article

Some of these books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy. I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their podcast, although they don’t seem to mention this in the article

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book. I’m just repeating what 404 media said on their podcast, although they don’t seem to mention this in the article

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book. I’m just repeating what 404 media said and this is an article about their reporting.

What do you mean “they destroy them because scanning them is faster”?

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book. What do you mean “they destroy them because scanning them is faster”? This is an article about 404 media’s reporting

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book. What do you mean “they destroy them because scanning them is faster”? I read the article and listened to the 404media podcast.

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book. What do you mean “they destroy them because scanning them is faster”? I read the article and listened to the podcast. I’m just repeating what 404media said.

These books are so rare that by destroying the book after scanning, it makes it more likely that other companies won’t be able to obtain a copy of the book.