Amazon destroys second-hand books to feed the AI Leviathan
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*A Symbol for Decadent Capitalism//* */Amazon destroys second-hand books to feed the AI Leviathan/* /By Michael Pröbsting, Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT), 26 August 2026/ A series of reports has been published in the last weeks which reveal that Amazon is systematically purchasing huge quantities of used books from second-hand bookshops, stripping their bindings, and digitizing the pages to feed its Artificial Intelligence (AI) models before destroying the physical copies. This process takes place in numerous countries around the world as bookshops in the US, Australia and Europe confirm to have received unusual orders from mystery buyers. Read more at https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/global/amazon-destroys-second-hand-books-to-feed-the-ai-leviathan/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43176): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43176 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120952638/6024700 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/10173629/6024700/1441833971/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-