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Re:Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of 'Illicitly' Accessing AI Models by olalonde on Thursday June 25, 2026 @04:52AM (#48670785)
> That's why Anthropic switched to scanning paper books.

Could they not just subscribe to the academic publishers like universities do? Or buy eBooks? I don't understand how the "scanning" part is relevant here other than used physical books being cheaper perhaps?

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Re:Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of 'Illicitly' Accessing AI Models by ascorbic on Thursday June 25, 2026 @05:14AM (#48670965)
Bulk second-hand books are a lot cheaper than ebooks. Also not all books are available as ebooks, and ebooks have terms of service that presumably prevent them being used for training.
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