This such depressing news among lots of other depressing news. The reason I'm doomposting about this is because my dad's doing his part to preserve SO many books (my parents' basement is lined with books). Also, the Facebook publishing group in which people purchase numbered editions of rare books.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. WijnendaeleNo longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.