Survey claims Amazon scans and destroys paper books for AI training
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Media investigations have revealed that Amazon disassembles, scans, and destroys the purchased paper books for use in AI training, a practice that has once again sparked disputes over data sources and copyright.
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一项媒体调查显示,亚马逊正通过采购纸质书补充 AI 训练数据。这批书被送往拉斯维加斯一处设施后,会被拆开书脊、逐页扫描,纸质书本体随后被销毁。

AirTag追踪到拉斯维加斯仓库

独立科技媒体 404 Media 在一批稀有书订单中放入 Apple AirTag,追踪后发现,货物最终抵达亚马逊位于拉斯维加斯的 VGT3 仓库。报道援引员工说法称,这个团队的主要工作就是接收大批图书,切掉装订部分,以便页面更快送入扫描设备。

2022年前图书更受AI公司青睐

生成式 AI 公司近来重新大量采购纸质书,原因之一是 2022 年前出版的内容更少受到机器生成文本污染,且很多文本并未完整上线。对模型开发者来说,这类材料更适合用作原始训练语料。

报道提到,如果模型反复吸收由 AI 自身生成的内容,输出质量可能持续下降。正因如此,较早出版、未被大规模数字化的纸质书,正成为训练数据市场中的稀缺资源。

图书扫描与版权诉讼同步升温

报道称,亚马逊并非个例。围绕 AI 训练数据,已经出现一条专门采购、拆解、扫描并丢弃纸质书的供应链。此前,Anthropic 的内部项目也被曝曾以类似方式大规模数字化数百万本图书。

纸质书用于 AI 训练的合法性,近来已进入美国法院审理范围。报道提到,一名联邦法官此前裁定,使用合法购买的图书训练 AI,可能构成合理使用。不过,涉及盗版扫描的情形并不相同。Anthropic 此前已就扫描盗版图书相关争议达成 15 亿美元和解,Salesforce 也因涉嫌图书盗版面临集体诉讼。

补充信息:亚马逊回应称,公司会“通过商业渠道购买图书”,以帮助开发和改进面向客户的产品与服务。按 404 Media 的说法,这是相关操作地点首次被公开指向具体设施。

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