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The Federal Trade Commission in the USA is being [surged / urged] to investigate AI companies for allegedly [bought / buying] rare books in bulk and then destroying [them / it] . Groups like the Consumer Federation of America have asked the FTC to look into [clams / claims] that AI companies are digitizing the books to [train / workout] their large language models (LLMs). The process includes breaking the spines of the rare works, scanning the pages, and then destroying them. Some destroyed books may be [other / among] the [last / lost] surviving copies of the [originally / original] texts. Critics argue that such books are historically important and that it is not socially acceptable [to / for] burn them. One critic said: "The rarer a book is, the more carefully we should [reserve / preserve] it."

The bulk buying [by / of] books is creating a dilemma for stores that specialize in [rare / rarity] and antique books. They are receiving large orders for some rather valuable [items / item] , but are then questioning the ethics [of / on] destroying books. The Wall Street Journal reported that rare and obscure book sales have suddenly [urged / surged] . Booksellers have been getting unusually large orders [for / to] out-of-print, and sometimes valuable books. It [increased / added] that some books are apparently being [bought / buying] not to be read, but to be digitized for AI training. Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that the companies are [spent / spending] a fortune on millions of books that are being used [for / to] help train AI assistants.