📰 New article from TorrentFreak
NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books
NVIDIA didn’t just build AI chips—it apparently built them on stolen books.
In a twist that reads like a corporate thriller, new court filings reveal NVIDIA reached out to Anna’s Archive—a notorious “shadow library” of pirated books—to secure access to millions of copyrighted texts for training its AI models. Yes, the company behind the world’s most sought-after AI hardware allegedly asked a pirate site: “How much for high-speed access to your illegal book collection?”
Internal emails, now public, show NVIDIA didn’t just stumble upon these books—they actively sought them out. Anna’s Archive even warned the company: “Hey, this stuff is stolen.” NVIDIA replied with a green light within days.
And it’s not just Anna’s Archive. The complaint alleges NVIDIA also mined LibGen, Sci-Hub, and Z-Library—all while distributing tools that let customers scrape pirated datasets like “The Pile.” The plaintiffs? Bestselling authors. Their claim? NVIDIA turned copyright infringement into a revenue stream.
The irony? NVIDIA’s chips power the AI revolution. But now, it may be the one getting run over by its own ethical blind spots.
This isn’t just about books—it’s about who owns knowledge in the age of AI. And if a trillion-dollar tech giant thinks “fair use” means raiding pirate libraries, we’re all in trouble.
Bonus: Anna’s Archive just lost its domains. Now it’s got a VIP customer.