Independent booksellers are seeing a bizarre boom in sales of forgotten, dusty old books—some dating back centuries—thanks to mysterious buyers believed to be tech giants training AI models like ChatGPT. These companies are reportedly ripping spines off books to scan pages faster, sparking debate over whether this is a lifeline for struggling shops or a destructive new way to consume knowledge. While some see it as recycling lost literature, others fear it signals the erosion of how we value written words in an age of raw data.
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