A $29 Apple AirTag hidden inside a rare book tracked a shipment to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where employees cut off spines and scan pages for AI training data, contradicting Amazon's earlier …
A 404 Media investigation tracked a rare book fitted with a tracking device to an Amazon AI training facility, revealing Amazon's previously unreported book-buying operation for AI training data. The …
Amazon is buying printed books through commercial marketplaces, cutting off their bindings, scanning the pages for AI training data, and destroying the physical copies, according to an August 17th inv…
AI companies are buying old books, scanning them, and destroying the physical copies to obtain training data free of AI-generated content, according to a report by 404 Media. The program is facilitate…
Microsoft's internal strategy documents reveal the company plans to make users "addicted" to its new AI personal assistant, Scout, before expanding its capabilities. The documents outline a three-phas…
Google's spokesperson asked 404 Media to publish a revised statement after the outlet's initial report on internal employee memes criticizing the company's AI. The updated statement removed the previo…