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AI companies are destroying rare books for profit

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:28 July 2026
Post last modified:29 July 2026

As a result of a legal loophole, AI companies have taken to sourcing rare books which they are subsequently scanning and destroying. And as people have highlighted, it could mean many texts are being lost to us forever: So AI labs are buying old books by the pallet, slicing them apart, scanning the pages, and pulping what's left. The orders are keyed to ISBNs and blind to scarcity. Nobody in the pipeline checks whether the book being shredded is one of the last copies on earth. Some of them… https://t.co/3WECoCQ7wG — Brad Carson (@bradrcarson) July 27, 2026 AI companies carry out…

Dembele enters the history books

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:27 June 2026
Post last modified:27 June 2026

Dembele has cemented his place among the greats of French football, becoming only the fourth French player to score a World Cup hat-trick. He joins an elite list that includes Edmond Konen (1934), Just Fontaine — who accomplished the feat twice in 1958 — and Kylian Mbappé, who achieved it in the 2022 World Cup final. The milestone proved even more significant, as his third goal against Norway marked the 2,900th goal scored in World Cup history — a tournament record dating back to its 1930 inception. On a personal level, this performance brings Dembele’s World Cup tally to four goals,…