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Hard Factor

AI Is Now Eating Books... Literally | 7.29.26

Hard Factor · Jul 29, 2026 · 45:00

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00:00:00 Timestamps

00:01:00 Wes is officially IN Japan (first Smoking Lounge review), and other headlines

00:07:25 AI companies, at least Anthropic according to lawsuit document, are buying pre-2023 books to literally eat them (to death) into their data training model for LLMs

00:19:48 ECommerce Bytes wins $50 Million from settlement with EBay + Meme News is the BEST

00:22:39 The "DubBot" from the Dublin, Ohio Police force has been shut down less than a year into service after contributing to ZERO arrests or tickets

00:26:48 Kansas Man arrested at public hearing for clapping against data centers + LASER BEAMS

00:33:50 Austin, Texas Pet Store has 2000 gallon fish tank burst randomly

00:37:30 13 year-old caught sharing magic mushroom candy at local YMCA

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