Q&A with British Library CEO Rebecca Lawrence on dealing with the aftermath of a major October 2023 cyberattack, AI scraping, AI for text analysis, and more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

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Q&A with British Library CEO Rebecca Lawrence on dealing with the aftermath of a major October 2023 cyberattack, AI scraping, AI for text analysis, and more  —  Are you reading books — physical books — as much as you used to?  —  Few of us are, and it made me wonder about the path ahead for national libraries.



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