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New: Unsealed court docs detail Big Tech’s yearslong, secret race to ingest the collective works of humanity, including Anthropic’s project to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” Gift link: wapo.st/4rjXAMQ

wapo.stHow Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and destroying millions of booksCourt filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

jungkafka.bsky.social

@jungkafka.bsky.social

27 Jan

Sounds like a class action waiting to happen...

Beetific

@beetific.ca

Per the article, the suit did happen, and the judge held that using legally purchased works (destructively or not) for training was fair use. Anthropic still in trouble for digital piracy and settled for ~$1.5B (details still being worked out). Other cases resolving similarly afaik.

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jungkafka.bsky.social

@jungkafka.bsky.social

27 Jan

Right but it's about the theft of intellectual property. Nick Cave already closed the book on these Silicon Valley thieves