Podcast: We Spoke to an Amazon Worker Destroying Books for AI
A follow up to the Amazon destroying books for AI story, why a bunch of names keep appearing in AI-generated papers, and ICE's latest spending spree.
In this week's podcast, Emanuel revisits his story about Amazon's book scanning and destruction operations for AI training. He speaks to a former worker at the Amazon warehouse where books are dismantled to fuel AI products. The episode delves into the recurring use of certain names in large language model outputs. In the subscriber-only section, Joseph discusses ICE's acquisition of large amounts of data related to voter fraud.
Listeners can tune in to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Subscribers also gain access to bonus content and can find a link in their inbox from host Transistor. To ensure no episode is missed, the subscriber-only content, unlisted YouTube link, and show notes will be available in the podcast app and email. Additionally, 404 Media is celebrating its third anniversary with a live podcast and party, showcasing the warehouse where Amazon scans and destroys books for AI training.
Written by urgent.news from 404 Media's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
