The pitch from data broker ISBNdb is blunt: the world’s best AI training data is sitting on a shelf. The catch is that getting at it means slicing the spine off millions of books, then never admitting which lab paid for the job. AI has a pollution problem of its own making.
Source: [TNW](https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-companies-buying-old-books-training-data-slop)