AwfulPoom
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Lurker from the Payingtree/Birdplace. Utterly ancient (32) Big Cat Behavior.
companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem."
www.404media.co/ai-companies...
www.404media.co/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
www.404media.co
July 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
matthew always brings the receipts
July 20, 2026 at 5:37 AM
He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before he was shot and killed by ICE after an attempted traffic stop. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He was a young dad, working to give his daughter a stable life, before ICE killed him
Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was remembered as a devoted family man “with many dreams to fulfill.”
www.nbcnews.com
July 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Remember when you could do an internet search and find an article with information written by a person and a search description that highlighted the portion of the article relevant to your search so you could know if it was worth clicking on or not. Remember when things weren’t fucked up and evil
May 20, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Remember when you could do an internet search and find an article with information written by a person and a search description that highlighted the portion of the article relevant to your search so you could know if it was worth clicking on or not. Remember when things weren’t fucked up and evil
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guy who does buddhism slightly wrong and ends up in nevada after he dies
March 14, 2026 at 3:35 AM
guy who does buddhism slightly wrong and ends up in nevada after he dies
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
August 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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