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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

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Ah fuck… No wonder old maths texts are a nightmare to get hold of recently…
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  They first crashed RAM prices, the SSDs, and now books too?! Oh fuck 😭

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