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AI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed Chatbots
DecryptWednesday, July 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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AI developers are quietly buying physical books by the millions, slicing them apart, scanning every page into AI training datasets, and discarding the originals.
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What happened
AI developers are quietly buying physical books by the millions, slicing them apart, scanning every page into AI training datasets, and discarding the originals.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
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Timeline
Decrypt published: AI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed Chatbots
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Economic impact
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