Pakistan, July 31 -- Major technology companies are facing criticism after reports claimed that some firms are destroying physical books after scanning them to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, raising concerns about the preservation of cultural heritage.

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According to a British media report, several tech companies have been purchasing large collections of older books to build datasets for AI systems. The books are reportedly scanned using high-speed digitisation machines, allowing their contents to be converted into digital text for machine learning purposes.

The report alleges that after the scanning process is completed, some of the original physical cop...