cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/2250460/company-offering-printed-books-to-train-ai-stops-after-404-media-coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a “test of market interest.”
That’s my reaction as well. They’re not going to actually stop doing this over some bad press, they’re just going to be more secretive about it.