Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
An interview with one of the Amazon employees at Amazon’s AI training facility VGT3.
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
An interview with one of the Amazon employees at Amazon’s AI training facility VGT3.
【独自】古書店で「謎の大量注文」相次ぐ……AI学習か 米国向け「日本の本 50トン」の輸出記録も（2026年9月22日掲載）｜日テレNEWS NNN
日本各地のオンライン古書店に対して、今年8月ごろから書籍の大量注文が相次いでいることがわかった。古書店を取材すると「1日100冊売れる」「売上が5倍になった日もある」と話しており、業界内では「生成AI（人工知能）の学習データを集める目的ではないか」という見方が広がっている。さらに追跡取材を続けると、日本から米国に50トン以上が輸出された記録も。書籍がAI学習のために消費・廃棄されることは許されるのだろうか？
出版取次の日販、米AI企業に書籍を大量販売か 業界団体が説明要求：朝日新聞
出版取次大手の日販グループホールディングスが米AI（人工知能）開発企業アンソロピックに大量の書籍を販売していたとして、日本の出版社約380社が所属する業界団体「日本書籍出版協会（書協）」が日販に事実…
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Specifically related to the physical destruction of books in the process of using them as training material. Search terms: Project Panama * I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me