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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Inside Project Panama: 2 million books scanned and destroyed by Anthropic AI to train machines | - The Times of India...



Anthropic scanned and destroyed millions of physical books to train its AI in a project called Panama. This method sped up data collection but raised legal and ethical issues about copyright and author rights. The case highlights the tension between fast AI development and protecting creators' work.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/inside-project-panama-2-million-books-scanned-and-destroyed-by-anthropic-ai-to-train-machines/articleshow/127870832.cms