@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agoAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up174cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareVodulas [they/them]linkfedilink3•1 month agoPaper is a natural resource, and this literally just wasted a fuck ton. There are non-destructive scanning methods.
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]linkfedilink1•1 month agoI would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 month agoNope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.
Paper is a natural resource, and this literally just wasted a fuck ton. There are non-destructive scanning methods.
They could have just bought the ebooks…
I would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs
Nope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.