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.”

  • UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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).