Burning blight: a future without books
AI companies are bulk-buying books to scan onto closed-source digital libraries used for AI model training, before being shredded
Read moreDetailsHau Tak Ng is an undergraduate Sociology student at the University of Edinburgh. Outside of university, he lives in East Sussex with his family and enjoys a wide range of interests including politics, history, philosophy and current affairs. His creative writing has earned him a place on the Orwell Youth Prize's 2023 and 2024 shortlists.
AI companies are bulk-buying books to scan onto closed-source digital libraries used for AI model training, before being shredded
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