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Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?

Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped.

Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
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Pressivio’s Technology desk has added the source report “Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?” to its international monitoring stream.

Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI – and ending up pulped.

Original source: BBC Technology
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