sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agoAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThey could have just bought the ebooks…
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoNope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs
They could have just bought the ebooks…
Nope. Ebooks are a license, so the First Sale Doctrine does not apply. Buying ebooks is nearly useless, legally.
I would hazard a guess that the eBook did not exist for the physical books they bought. Still, that doesn’t excuse their actions, nor the bigger issues with training LLMs