{
  "id": 2010208,
  "title": "Podcast: Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/podcast-amazon-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:06:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/podcast-amazon-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Amazon has been acquiring and destroying rare books to train artificial intelligence systems. In addition, the podcast discusses Meta's new smart glasses patent and the research into potential misuse by individuals. The subscribers-only section covers a variety of intriguing cases involving AI technology.",
  "summary": "Amazon buying and destroying rare books to train AI; a bunch of wild AI use in the courts; and Meta's new patent for its AI smart glasses.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}