Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?

Independent booksellers are receiving mysterious bulk orders for old books, prompting suspicions that AI companies or their suppliers want them as training data. The new business is welcome, but sellers fear that destructive scanning could eliminate rare and historically important volumes.

独立书商近期接到大量来历不明的旧书订单，因此怀疑人工智能公司或其供应商正在收购书籍作为训练数据。新增的生意令书商受益，但他们担心破坏性扫描可能导致珍稀且具有历史价值的书籍永久消失。