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日本二手書店爆發異常買潮:疑為海外AI企業大規模收購書籍用於訓練
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日本二手書店爆發異常買潮:疑為海外AI企業大規模收購書籍用於訓練

超過50噸日本書籍遭輸出至美國,恐面臨裁切掃描後銷毀的命運

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日本各地二手書店自8月起出現異常大量購書潮,經調查發現疑為海外AI企業透過自動化系統大規模收購書籍,並將超過50噸日文書籍運往美國,恐用於AI模型訓練後遭銷毀,引發業界與民眾對知識資產流失的擔憂。

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美國AI企業如Anthropic曾被報導執行大規模書籍掃描計劃,將紙本書裁切掃描後銷毀以訓練生成式AI模型。

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日本各地二手書店自今年8月起爆發異常的「大買潮」,不僅有店家單日賣出上千本舊書,更有單日業績暴增數倍的奇觀,引發業界震撼。然而這波「發大財」榮景背後,卻被爆出疑似海外AI企業正暗中「爆買」實體書,甚至有超過50噸的日本書籍遭跨海輸出至美國,恐被全數裁切掃描、銷毀餵給AI進行訓練,真相曝光後讓不少網友看了直呼毛骨悚然。

根據《日本電視台》報導,有二手書店家透露,買家下單的書籍類型完全「無脈絡可循」,涵蓋哲學、歷史、法律、醫學,乃至「30年前的政界話題」與「江戶時代文化」等冷門專門書。由於下單頻率等間隔且極具規律,古書商推測對方是透過自動化系統進行機械式下單。詭異的是,所有異國買家的寄送地址,最終竟全數指向位於日本岡山縣的同一處物流中心,疑似是買家透過多個帳號向各書鋪下單。

面對爆量的訂單,營運該物流中心的日本企業僅低調回應「不便評論個別交易」,對購買目的與合作對象皆三緘其口。甚至有西日本的古書局透露,曾接獲來自海外企業直接詢問「能否一口氣下單數萬本」的神秘郵件,讓業界驚覺這並非單純的收藏需求,而是一場有組織的大規模行動。

《日本電視台》使用進出口數據分析工具「Sayari」的追蹤發現,自去年起,日本某大型出版經銷商旗下的集團公司,已有累計超過50噸、品名標示為「JAPANESE BOOKS」的貨物被輸出至美國。若以每本約500公克的精裝書換算,這相當於多達10萬冊的日本書籍被集體外銷海外。

這項發現恰巧印證了美商AI巨頭的行動。先前美國AI新創企業Anthropic就曾被爆出為了訓練旗下的生成式AI,執行「毀滅性掃描」計劃,將蒐集來的數百萬冊紙本書籍全數裁切、掃描成數位資料後再丟進碎紙機銷毀;美媒亦指出,連Amazon倉庫也有將紙本書拆解掃描後廢棄的情形,其中就包含了大量的日文書籍。不過,涉事日本企業對此則澄清,絕無在已知是「供AI學習」的前提下販售書籍。

「賣書固然開心,但看到珍貴的實體知識變成AI的燃料、甚至被碎紙銷毀,心情真的很複雜。」許多日本古書商坦言相當不安,此議題也正引發日本網友熱議,有網友直呼,得知真相後感到毛骨悚然,也有網友表示,二手書店短期看起來是因禍得福,但長期來看,根本是出版業「自毀」行為,希望相關單位立法規範。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 日本出版界將呼籲政府針對書籍出口進行立法規範。

    Likely · Within months

Open Questions

  • 涉案物流中心背後的具體委託方為何?
  • 日本政府是否會針對此類書籍出口進行監管?

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