If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?
If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models. Jul 23, 2026∙ Paid21ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (JULY 23, 2026) — 404 Media reported recently that AI companies are buying pre-AI books for training AI. One major source for book data is a company called ISBNdb, which started out as a source of book metadata for libraries and book sellers, then pivoted to also offering digitized books for training AI.
- ▪If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models.
- ▪Jul 23, 2026∙ Paid21ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (JULY 23, 2026) — 404 Media reported recently that AI companies are buying pre-AI books for training AI.
- ▪One major source for book data is a company called ISBNdb, which started out as a source of book metadata for libraries and book sellers, then pivoted to also offering digitized books for training AI.
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If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models. Jul 23, 2026∙ Paid21ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (JULY 23, 2026) — 404 Media reported recently that AI companies are buying pre-AI books for training AI. One major source for book data is a company called ISBNdb, which started out as a source of book metadata for libraries and book sellers, then pivoted to also offering digitized books for training AI. The company claims to be the world’s largest repository of book data and contains around 111 million books. ISBNdb says that books printed before 2022 largely don’t contain AI-generated content, and are therefore coveted for AI training.
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