Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction

Investigators reckon Japan's used bookstore boom is likely due to the written-word harvesting of foreign AI giants.

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2026-09-24 14:35 · Tom's Hardware
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction

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