Rare books tracked to Amazon's AI training facility revealed
Authors' copyrighted works sourced for AI without consent or notification.
Original source — simonwillison.nethttps://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/17/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-tra/
This story ran in the Coral Wire edition of Mon, Aug 17 2026, when the Coral Index stood at 47/100 (Mixed signals).
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