{"id":2148,"date":"2026-08-03T03:22:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:22:55","slug":"more-than-just-objects-australian-booksellers-raise-alarm-over-horrific-destruction-of-rare-titles-to-feed-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2148","title":{"rendered":"\u2018More than just objects\u2019: Australian booksellers raise alarm over \u2018horrific\u2019 destruction of rare titles to feed AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/aug\/02\/insiders-jane-hume-coalition-anthony-albanese-labor-garma-festival-fuel-excise-bird-flu-updates-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cSometimes books tell you more than the content,\u201d says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University\u2019s Wilson Hall.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s preparing his stall for this weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rarebookfair.com\/\">Melbourne Rare Book Fair<\/a>. For people like White, who runs independent bookshop Books for Cooks, the book as a physical object is just as important as what\u2019s inside it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/02\/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/02\/australian-book-sellers-alarm-destruction-rare-titles-ai-supply-chain' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast \u201cSometimes books tell you more than the content,\u201d says Tim White, as he lines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}