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Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

By Alexis Dufresne Published August 26, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

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404 Media @404media.co: An interview with one of the Amazon employees at Amazon’s AI training facility VGT3. →
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social: "We also saw them cutting the spines off the books and everything" "All kinds of books. When we first started a lot of them were brand new.… →
Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social: NEW: @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talked to someone who's worked in the Amazon book scanning warehouse. "They're just piled in there. It’s a… →
Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: I talked to one of the people who works at the facility where Amazon destructively scans books for AI training data www.404media.co/inside-t… →
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social: "...a little area where you slide the book into, remove your fingers from the area, and then you press a button, and it just comes down and … →

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Original headline: Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training