# Company that claimed to scan and destroy books for AI data has deleted that part of its website

> Remember the story about AI companies destroying millions of copies of books while scanning them to use as training data?

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/company-that-said-it-could-scan-and-destroy-books-for-ai-data-harvesting-has-deleted-that-part-of-its-website-no-such-service-was-ever-brought-to-life/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a70082b9c71b10fa8e5735f)
- **Published:** 2026-08-03
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a70082b9c71b10fa8e5735f

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