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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models

Anthropic's AI Book Digitization Practices Explained

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Earl Cotten
Jun 26, 2025
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  • Destructive digitization: Anthropic destroyed millions of purchased books to create training data for Claude AI .

  • Fair use victory: A federal judge ruled book scanning for AI training was legally transformative if books were legally acquired .

  • Piracy penalties pending: Anthropic faces a December trial for using 7+ million pirated books in its…

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