{"podcast":{"title":"Australia News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!","slug":"australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932","podcast_index_feed_id":7569932,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fastcast.ai/las-vegas-aces-the-daily-news-now.xml","website_url":"https://thednn.ai/","image_url":"https://image.fastcast.ai/podcasts/las-vegas-aces-the-daily-news-now.jpg","author":"The Daily News Now!","episode_count":1635,"summary":"Hosted by Corey with the Story, Australia News Today delivers fast, focused daily updates on the stories shaping Australia—from national news and politics to business, culture, and major developments across the country. Designed for quick, on-the-go listening, each episode brings you up to speed in minutes. Produced by AI for speed, consistency, and global scale, the show is part of The Daily News Now network—bringing national and local news together to keep audiences connected at every level. Australia News Today is your daily snapshot of what’s happening across the country. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T10:17:22.035769+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932"},"episode":{"title":"AI Is Destroying Rare Books | Australia News","slug":"ai-is-destroying-rare-books-australia-news","published_at":"2026-08-01T20:10:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/ai-is-destroying-rare-books-australia-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932","url":"https://sources.thednn.ai/250bcf3150e29e06","audio_url":"https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/73ec2c64-f4cc-4b6d-905d-330e444449cd.mp3","summary":"AI companies are quietly buying up rare and historic books—not to read them, but to scan and destroy them for training algorithms, sparking outrage among booksellers who fear the irreversible loss of cultural artifacts. Legal filings reveal companies dismantling books, pulping pages after scanning, and courts have ruled it legal under copyright law as “transformative use.” Now, intermediaries like Zoom Books are suspected of funneling obscure titles into this pipeline, raising alarms as AI’s hunger for data threatens physical book heritage. While AI firms claim they avoid rare volumes and Zoom insists it resells intact books, the mystery deepens—and so does the worry that history is being erased one spine at a time. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/250bcf3150e29e06","meta_description":"AI companies are quietly buying up rare and historic books—not to read them, but to scan and destroy them for training algorithms, sparking outrage among…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":138,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/episodes/ai-is-destroying-rare-books-australia-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australia-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7569932/ai-is-destroying-rare-books-australia-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}