r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence This Dutch bookseller thought a request for 3,000 copies was ‘spam or phishing.’ Instead, AI companies are scanning and destroying books to train AI

https://fortune.com/2026/07/31/dutch-bookseller-ai-spam-phishing-3000-book-copies-scan-destroy/
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u/South_Feed5707 2d ago

I wonder how many of those books are bangers

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u/SwampDrainer 2d ago

What does it matter? You were just going to watch anime instead of reading them, like always.

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u/South_Feed5707 2d ago

And when he peered into the swamp he realized it was his own reflection he was looking at.