我们在一批善本书籍中放置了一个跟踪装置，以查看哪些书籍AI公司正在购买它，并发现了亚马逊的一个设施，亚马逊可以在那里扫描和销毁书籍。
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
数据和算力并不是纯数字商品。训练材料的取得方式、能源容量和建设场址都可能成为成本、合规、声誉与供给稳定性的共同约束，值得在模型之外单独追踪。
善本流向来自一篇调查报道，不能外推 Amazon 全部训练数据流程；NVIDIA 的基础设施论述来自官方文章，带有项目与行业立场。两条材料说明现实约束存在，不足以估算市场规模或普遍程度。
2 条出现 · AIHOT 精确重复
404 Media 通过在一本珍本图书中放置追踪设备，首次揭露亚马逊未公开的购书行动：批量购入大量书籍，扫描用于 AI 训练数据，随后销毁。追踪显示这些书最终被送往亚马逊的一处人工智能训练中心。
我们追踪了一批珍本图书的运输过程。最终，这些书被送到了亚马逊的一处人工智能训练中心
404 Media 通过在一本珍本图书中放置追踪设备，首次揭露亚马逊未公开的购书行动：批量购入大量书籍，扫描用于 AI 训练数据，随后销毁。追踪显示这些书最终被送往亚马逊的一处人工智能训练中心。
我们在一批善本书籍中放置了一个跟踪装置，以查看哪些书籍AI公司正在购买它，并发现了亚马逊的一个设施，亚马逊可以在那里扫描和销毁书籍。
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Advertisement • Go ad free AI We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility Emanuel Maiberg · Aug 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. The symbol for Amazon's VGT3, the Las Vegas facility where it scans book for AI training data. Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquired by an AI company for training data, and following it around the country to its final destination. 📖Do you know work at a facility where you scan books? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at @emanuel.404. Otherwise, send me an email at emanuel@404media.co.That final destination was an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amazon employees who work at this location say all they do is receive massive shipments of printed books which they then cut the bindings off in order to scan the books more quickly. The printed book is destroyed in the process. The logo of the Amazon team that works at this warehouse, called VGT3, is a dinosaur, brandishing its teeth and with a book in its hands. This post is for paid members only Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more. Subscribe Sign up for free access to this post Free members get access to posts like this one along with an email round-up of our week's stories. Subscribe Already have an account? Sign in
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.