Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a “test of market interest.”

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    What the hell would the market for this even be? Anna’s Archive has a torrent where you can download the whole freakin’ library.

    • UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      IIRC they’re buying older books that may not have been digitized. The way they scan them destroys the book (I’m guessing the binding is removed so each page is loose/can lie flat).