Spineless 📚 - AI companies are destroying old books, Apple-OpenAI spat heats up.

Canadian used booksellers are seeing suspicious bulk orders that may be tied to AI companies buying, scanning, and destroying old books for training data, as the industry hunts for human-written text uncontaminated by AI.

Plus, Apple alleges OpenAI knowingly hired former employees who stole trade secrets, data, and hardware, a legal fight that could delay OpenAI’s first devices and give Apple more time to catch up in AI.

And in The Big Picture: Mark Carney tells Washington to get serious about trade talks, BYD eyes Brampton’s Stellantis plant, the Liberals sweep three by-elections, OpenAI limits its newest models, U.S. attacks on Iran escalate, solar overtakes coal in China, and more.

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