AI BriefingEvidence Captured of Book Scanning at Amazon AI Training Facility
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Investigation by 404 Media confirmed that large quantities of rare books were shipped to Amazon's AI training scanning facility.
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Investigation by 404 Media revealed that large quantities of rare books ordered by unidentified buyers were shipped to Amazon's AI training facility.
The investigation team hid AirTags inside the books to track the shipping route, and the books were delivered to the Amazon LAS8(VGT3) facility located northeast of Las Vegas.
Discussions on online forums by Amazon employees confirmed that the facility is used to destructively scans large volumes of books. This serves as a concrete case supporting the copyright and data collection controversies arising from the data acquisition process for AI model training.
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