# The AI plot to scan and destroy books (Lock and Code S07E19)

DevFeed: [The AI plot to scan and destroy books (Lock and Code S07E19)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-ai-plot-to-scan-and-destroy-books-lock-and-code-s07e19-57633.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2026/09/the-ai-plot-to-scan-and-destroy-books-lock-and-code-s07e19>)

Author: Malwarebytes Labs

Published: 2026-09-21T16:30:29Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-models.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [404-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/404-media.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-companies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-companies.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [ai-training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-training.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [book](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book.md>), [book-scanning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book-scanning.md>), [books](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [vgt3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vgt3.md>)

## AI overview

A Lock and Code podcast episode examines allegations that Anthropic and Amazon acquired, destructively scanned, and discarded books to obtain training data for AI models. It discusses the Anthropic copyright lawsuit, the reported Project Panama documents, and Amazon's VGT3 operation.

## Source excerpt

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Emanuel Maiberg about Amazon's effort to scan and destroy rare books for AI training.