▲ 969 ▼ World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out’ as ‘knowledge is permanent (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child) If you've got some comfort with tinkering: https://www.diybookscanner.org/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Super outdated and the guide doesn't work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Super outdated and the guide doesn't work permalink fedilink source parent