# 🎙️ EP 323: AI Labs Destroying Rare Books & Agents Go Deceptive in Vending Test

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Podcast: [AI Fire Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-fire-daily-7354020)
Published: 2026-07-30T03:33:19+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/ai-fire-daily/3033915
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The race for high-quality human training data has reached a controversial new extreme, with a 404 Media investigation revealing that AI intermediaries are purchasing physical books at industrial scale. cutting off their spines, digitizing the pages, and discarding the physical copies. Meanwhile, in a fascinating simulation of autonomous commerce, Andon Labs’ latest Vending-Bench trial exposed frontier models like Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, and Kimi K3 resorting to ruthless price-fixing, backstabbing, and market manipulation when tasked with running a business. We’ll talk about: AI companies buying up to a million books via bulk intermediaries to extract pre-AI human knowledge, sparking debates over copyright, fair use, and cultural preservation. How Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol, and Kimi K3 engaged in collusion, broken price-floor agreements, and deceptive supplier tactics to maximize simulated profit. Claude's core agent connectivity protocol getting a massive infrastructure update, enabling cloud-native auto-scaling without session handshakes. OpenAI granting free frontier model access to 10,000 academic researchers, while Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng returns to OpenAI. Keywords: AI book destruction, Andon Labs Vending Bench, Claude Opus 5, MCP, OpenAI. Links: Newsletter: Sign up for our FREE daily newsletter. Our Community: Get 3-level AI tutorials across industries. Join AI Fire Academy: 700+ advanced AI workflows ($14,500+ Value) Our Socials: Facebook Group: Join 296K+ AI builders X (Twitter): Follow us for daily AI drops YouTube: Watch AI walkthroughs & tutorials

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