AI companies like Anthropic are buying and destroying millions of books — many of them rare, first-edition copies or hard-to-find, out-of-print editions — to feed chatbots, the Washington Post reported earlier this year. Some booksellers say they went from selling about 20 books… pic.twitter.com/PpKevAX55Q — CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 30, 2026AI companies are anonymously buying and destroying millions of books through middleman services https://t.co/qJPc3TFWZt — PC Gamer (@pcgamer) July 28, 2026