亚马逊购买稀有书籍用于AI训练,引发争议
原标题:Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models
AI 摘要
据404 Media报道,亚马逊正在购买大量稀有书籍,通过切断书脊并扫描的方式用于AI模型训练。一个追踪设备显示,一本稀有书籍最终被送往拉斯维加斯的亚马逊设施VGT3。亚马逊回应称,购买书籍是为了改善客户使用的产品和服务。由于互联网文本已被大量使用,稀有书籍成为新的训练数据来源,且2022年前出版的书籍不含AI生成内容,可避免模型崩溃风险。
正文节选
Amazon is buying tons of rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training, according to 404 Media, which placed a tracking device in a rare book that ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas. The facility, known as VGT3, identifies itself with a symbol of a dinosaur holding a book in its claws. Amazon told 404 Media in a statement that it “purchases books through commercial channels to improve the products and services customers use.” Companies like Amazon nee