AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
News AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop Emanuel Maiberg · Jul 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.” As AI companies search for more training dat… …