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Rare-Book Sales Are Booming. They're Getting Sliced Up and Fed to AI

Rare-book dealers report a surge in sales as AI companies buy and digitize antiquarian texts, often slicing physical volumes apart for high-speed scanning, according to The Wall Street Journal. The trend has put dealers in a bind, balancing lucrative demand from AI firms against the cultural loss of destroying collectible books.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/ais-need-for-content-has-put-rare-book-dealers-in-a-bind-1ac5a053 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406267

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