The Wayback Machine faces another threat from AI — ridiculously expensive hard drive prices

This is yet another example of the far-reaching nature of the AI-driven component crisis.
The Next Web

News publishers are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to stop AI companies from using it

The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, The Guardian, and at least 241 other news organisations across nine countries have moved to restrict the Archive’s crawlers, a decision the Archive’s own director ...
TechCrunch

The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit that — as you might expect — is devoted to archiving the internet and preserving digital context for future generations. This week, the platform announced a new ...