Over the past year, rare book sellers have suspected that AI companies were buying up huge volumes of their inventory to train advanced models, then destroying the books after scanning them. The claim has yet to be proven; but today 404 Media reports that an Airtag hidden in a rare book tracked its way to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas.
The outlet worked with a bookseller to place the Airtag in one book from a bulk order. Upon shipping, the tracker showed the book ended up at an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where a dedicated team works to disassemble books from their covers and scan their pages. 404 Media also obtained an image of the warehouse team’s logo, showing a T‑Rex biting a book.
Amazon declined to comment on the findings, issuing a general statement that did not specifically reference AI training.
**Reasoning behind the translation**
- Preserved the original paragraph structure and meaning while rendering Persian idioms into natural English.
- Kept specific terms such as “Airtag,” “404 Media,” “Amazon,” “Las Vegas,” and “Tyrannosaurus rex” unchanged, as they are proper nouns.
- Rendered “تیم اختصاصی به جداسازی کتابها از جلد و اسکن صفحات میپردازد” as “a dedicated team works to disassemble books from their covers and scan their pages” to convey the exact activity.
- Ensured the tone remains factual and neutral, matching the source’s journalistic style.