#Forbes / #CBSNews / #404Media.co: #AI Companies Are Buying—And Destroying—Antique Books (And Buying Dead Companies’ Internal Data). Here’s Why. Posted on August 19, 2026 by toddpanther https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/17/ai-companies-are-buying-and-destroying-antique-books-heres-why https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/08/19/ai-companies-desperate-for-data-are-buying-up-dead-airlines-emails-and-scanning-old-books https://www.404media.co/podcast-amazon-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai