The Forever Library

Anthropic called it research while its vendors dismantled books and discarded the originals.

Unsigned MSI house political cartoon: The Forever Library

Source article: Court filings show Anthropic's vendors dismantled books to build AI training data.

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Published
Pen name
Editorial Board
Topic tags
books, artificial intelligence, publishing
Primary entities
Anthropic, Claude, Bartz v Anthropic PBC, William Alsup, Kathryn James, Yale University
Themes
copyright law, artificial intelligence, book preservation, fair use
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power, Informed citizenship, Truthfulness