Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

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Like a scene out of the classic dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451," some AI companies aren't just reading books—they're destroying them. As developers race to build more powerful AI models, and lawsuits ...

What we know so far: A market built for libraries and booksellers is now feeding AI training, as companies seek large volumes of printed books that predate the generative AI boom. ISBNdb, which says ...

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Book manufacturing giant Lakeside Book Company has acquired Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, the distribution arm of the soon-to-be closed library wholesaler Baker & Taylor. The distributor had been ...

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"Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger (out now from Spiegel & Grau) is the July pick for Oprah’s Book Club, and the mogul is already dubbing it "the book of the summer." This is Winfrey's 116th book club ...