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The race to collect every book ever written
When the FBI seized Z-Library, it looked like the end of illegal book sharing. Now, its pirate project is central to the AI revolution
TL;DR
- The FBI seized Z-Library, an illegal book-sharing platform.
- The shutdown was initially perceived as the end of pirate book sharing.
- Z-Library's collection of digitized books is now central to the AI revolution.
- The platform's extensive archives are being used to train AI models.