The 404 Media Podcast

Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

Mittwoch, 19. August 2026 · 53 min

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We start this week with Emanuel’s big story about Amazon buying, and destroying, masses of books to train AI. After the break we talk about a couple of wild cases where people are using AI. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about Meta’s new smart glasses patent and research into how perverts are using them.

• We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility (404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-book…)

• ‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit (404media.co/show-how-3m-is-0-at-fault-expert-w…)

• Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them (404media.co/person-hides-prompt-injection-in-l…)

• Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party (404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-fac…)

• Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women (404media.co/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-pov-ins…)

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