I can say pretty certainly that all the text they've gathered through the Google Books project is in use in their language models and other AI models for their search engine, speech recognition, etc.
They got what they wanted. I can't see what incentive they have as a business to grant access to the books that justifies paying employees for it.
They got what they wanted. I can't see what incentive they have as a business to grant access to the books that justifies paying employees for it.