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Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI

TechCrunch • Mon, 17 Aug 2026

Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/amazon-once-an-online-bookseller-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai-models/