booksellers

Booksellers are individuals or businesses that sell books, including rare and antiquarian volumes. They are concerned about the potential destruction of rare books by AI firms for data training purposes.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news due to fears that AI companies are purchasing and destroying rare books, as well as the recent arrest and release of booksellers in Hong Kong on sedition charges.

Latest on booksellers

• Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
• Booksellers fear their rarest books are being pulped to feed AI. The trail leads to a ‘recycler’.
• 5 Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged sedition released on bail
• Hong Kong booksellers arrested for alleged security law violations

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