# Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/amazon-once-an-online-bookseller-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai-models/
- Published: 2026-08-17T16:38:44+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/17/amazon-once-an-online-bookseller-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai-models/
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Summary

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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