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AI as the New Face of Book Burning

AI as the New Face of Book Burning

August 12, 2026
Author and bibliophile Ed Simon reacts to the revelation that Anthropic scanned and shredded out-of-print books to train its large language models, calling it a shocking act of artistic plunder. The roundup also highlights Sharmistha Ray’s psychedelic pickleball courts in Pittsburgh and includes a tribute to Lubov gallerist Francisco Correa Cordero, who died on Sunday at age 37.