sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 days agoAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsarstechnica.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 days agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·24 hours agoThey could have just bought the ebooks…
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 hours 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-up1·19 hours 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