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Buy, scan, destroy: AI firms are shredding millions of books to train their chatbots

AI companies are buying, cutting apart and scanning millions of physical books to train chatbots, according to a Washington Post report based on newly unsealed court filings. The documents reveal Anthropic's secret "Project Panama" and shed light on similar book-acquisition efforts by Meta, OpenAI and Google, as the AI industry's…

The Economic Times · Jul 31

How many books is too many?

The number of books you have, and the way you shelve them, invites judgment

Salon · Jul 23

This hidden iPad feature alerts you to Apple books deals — here's how to enable it

Set up your iPad's Books app so you're alerted when prices drop.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 22, 2025

Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks

Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash

The Guardian - US · Jan 4, 2023

Amazon to permanently close 68 high street shops - including every single bookstore

Amazon will close all bookstores as well as its 4-Star shops and pop-up locations. There are two Amazon 4-Star shops in the UK, including one in Bluewater and the other in Westfield

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2022