Comenzile inexplicabile de cărți trezesc suspiciuni în încă o țară importantă: „Părea că nu exista nicio logică sau vreun motiv clar”

Second-hand book sellers in Canada are concerned about large orders from tech companies suspected of buying books to scan for AI training, leading to destruction of the physical copies. A lawsuit against AI giant Anthropic revealed that they were spending millions on books, cutting their spines for quick scanning, and discarding the pages. This practice, termed 'destructive scanning', is justified under U.S. copyright law as 'fair use', but it raises ethical concerns among booksellers. Many have received suspicious orders, particularly for obscure educational books, and are wary of the intentions behind these requests. Companies like Zoom Books have been frequently mentioned in this context, although they deny selling to Anthropic. The demand for physical books stems from the need for AI models to be trained on human-written content to avoid inaccuracies in generated information.