AI companies are destroying more books than you think, says bookseller

Scott Brown, the bookseller behind Downtown Brown Books, has raised concerns regarding the training of AI models. Speaking from Frankfurt, Germany, Brown asserts that AI companies are destroying more books than is commonly recognized. He argues that the process used to train these AI models effectively destroys the books involved. This warning emphasizes the significant and often overlooked impact that the development of artificial intelligence is having on physical and digital literary works globally.