Why are AI companies destroying rare books?

As City AM reports that AI companies are destroying old and rare books whilst using them to train their models, Christian May sets out the pros and cons of the new, transformative technology. After court documents revealed Anthropic bought, scanned and destroyed millions of physical books as part of a controversial project to feed an insatiable demand for training data, is AI a net bonus or hindrance to humanity? Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cityam