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Secondhand booksellers in UK and Ireland suspect AI firms behind ‘strange’ bulk orders

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Development comes after Anthropic was found to have spent millions on books to scan for ‘data acquisition’ Secondhand booksellers in the UK and Ireland are reporting a flurry of bulk orders from mystery buyers, amid speculation AI companies are acqui…

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