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Independent bookstores in Europe receive suspicious orders for thousands of books, prompting fears they'll be destroyed to train AI — sellers believe acquisitions are part of AI tech companies’ push to get more data (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: amazon, ai training, independent bookstores

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Company Offering Printed Books To Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | tags: isbndb, ai training, printed books

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Reddit reports a solid quarter but shows signs of AI’s impact (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: reddit, google, ai training

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AI companies are reportedly shredding millions of books after using them to train AI models — tech giants outsource to middlemen to secretly buy up books for training material (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: anthropic, claude ai, better world books

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You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore (theverge.com)

2026-07-24 | by David Pierce | tags: google zero, google search, ai training

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Synthesia’s AI training platform is moving beyond videos into live coaching (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-22 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: synthesia, ai training, roleplay sessions

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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop (slashdot.org)

2026-07-21 | tags: isbndb, ai training data, pre-llm

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Anthropic hit with largest-ever $1.5 billion penalty in copyright lawsuit — court says training AI on published material is fair use, but startup’s pirated library infringes on authors’ rights (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-21 | by Jowi Morales | tags: anthropic, copyright lawsuit, fair use

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Forget AI training data. This startup learned from slime mold (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: slime mold, mireta, urban planning

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How to Opt Out of AI Chatbots Collecting Your Data for Training Purposes (cnet.com)

2026-07-16 | by See Full Bio | tags: ai chatbots, google, gemini

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Book Publishers Sue Google For Copyright Infringement Over Gemini AI Training (slashdot.org)

2026-07-15 | tags: books, copyrighted, gemini

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Samsung Health won’t actually delete your data if you opt out of AI training (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: ai training, health, health data

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Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-14 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: authors, books, copyright

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Samsung Health app threatens data deletion if users opt out AI training (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-13 | by David Uzondu | tags: health, health data, metrics

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Samsung won’t kill your health data if you don’t consent to AI training (Update: Samsung clarifies) (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: health, health data, samsung

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Samsung will kill your health data if you don’t consent to AI training (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: health, health data, samsung

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Sites that block AI training crawlers mostly ignore the answer time bots (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | get AI Content Moderation Tool → | tags: answer, answer time, crawler

48.

Cloudflare Pushes AI Companies To Pay For Publishers' Content (slashdot.org)

2026-07-01 | get Cloudflare AI Content Protection → | tags: cloudflare, ai companies, publishers

49.

Meta reverses decision to reassign employees to AI training roles (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-25 | get Meta AI Training Kit → | tags: meta, applied ai, employee reassignments

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From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-25 | by Rebecca Bellan | get AI Robot Training Kit → | tags: fortnite, general intuition, ai robotics

51.

How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Reece Rogers | get Google Search AI Privacy Guide → | tags: google, google search, ai training

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Meta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leak exposed sensitive staff information company-wide — employees express frustration over poor handling of data (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-24 | by Etiido Uko | get Privacy Screen Keyboard Protector → | tags: meta, ai training program, model capability initiative

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Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | by Paresh Dave | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: meta, model compatibility initiative, ai training

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Medical records could be revealed by AI training-data vulnerability (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-24 | by Thompson | get AI Data Security Kit → | tags: ai training-data, medical records, data vulnerability

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Meta halts worker tracking for AI training due to privacy fears (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-23 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get Meta Privacy Safety Kit → | tags: meta, ai training, model capability initiative

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Meta hits pause on AI training project after employee data became visible company-wide (techspot.com)

2026-06-23 | by Skye Jacobs | get Meta AI Data Security Kit → | tags: meta, ai training, model capability initiative

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Meta is 'pausing' employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data (engadget.com)

2026-06-22 | by Anna Washenko | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: meta, model capability initiative, ai training program

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The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI (theverge.com)

2026-06-20 | by Terrence O'Brien | get AI Music Licensing Database → | tags: atlantic, alex reisner, ai training datasets

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Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-12 | by Connie Loizos | get Meta AI Developer Kit → | tags: meta, ai unit, applied ai

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Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training (theverge.com)

2026-06-10 | by Emma Roth | get Google Lens Photo Backup → | tags: google, history, interactions