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Buy, scan, destroy: AI firms are shredding millions of books to train their chatbots

AI companies are buying, cutting apart and scanning millions of physical books to train chatbots, according to a Washington Post report based on newly unsealed court filings. The documents reveal Anthropic's secret "Project Panama" and shed light on similar book-acquisition efforts by Meta, OpenAI and Google, as the AI industry's…

The Economic Times

How many books is too many?

The number of books you have, and the way you shelve them, invites judgment

Salon

This hidden iPad feature alerts you to Apple books deals — here's how to enable it

Set up your iPad's Books app so you're alerted when prices drop.

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Bookish review – Mark Gatiss’s cosy crime drama is a tasty nugget of absolute delight

This beautifully paced, meticulously worked postwar detective series is hugely moreish. Its tales of bookseller-cum-semi-Sherlock are a TV joy

The Guardian - UK

Apple gets burned by the EU again – this time for geo-blocking you from some apps and movies

As the long saga of Apple-EU tensions continues, regulators have warned Apple to stop its practice of geo-blocking media content.

TechRadar

Was Amazon 'Free to Ignore' White House Demands That It Suppress Anti-Vaccine Books?

The Biden administration's interference with bookselling harks back to a 1963 Supreme Court case involving literature that Rhode Island deemed dangerous.

Reason

Apple Books just got a Spotify Wrapped-style recap for readers – and it beats Apple Music Replay

Apple Books’ Year in Review shows all your reading stats from 2023, right there in the app.

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Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks

Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI – but move expected to spark backlash

The Guardian - US

Amazon to permanently close 68 high street shops - including every single bookstore

Amazon will close all bookstores as well as its 4-Star shops and pop-up locations. There are two Amazon 4-Star shops in the UK, including one in Bluewater and the other in Westfield

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