AirTag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
jefurii
127 points
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August 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
anygivnthursday
Another discussion on this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49335216
ChrisArchitect
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330742 and previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49068738
culi
Why not post the original article by 404 instead of an article about an article https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-...