SCI & TECH● LOW10h ago · Oct 16, 2026, 9:31 AM
How books are being scanned and destroyed to train artificial intelligence
France 24 [en] · global
To train artificial intelligence models, millions of physical books are being digitised and destroyed. Our colleagues at France 2 investigate this controversial practice and the risk of seeing many rare second-hand books disappear forever.
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