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Unredacted files reveal Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world' (www.thebookseller.com)
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In the filings, Anthropic states, as reported by the Washington Post: “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world. We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

We're progressing backwards to Victorian times where books are luxury items.

I have to say, there are some advantages to using an light e-ink reader vs a massive book (reading Sanderson hardcovers in bed is basically planking but on your back).

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 3 points 10 hours ago

Journey before destination, Radiant