Internet Archive Switzerland: Expanding a Global Mission to Preserve Knowledge (opens in new tab)

(blog.archive.org)

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damnitbuilds1d ago

"Its efforts will initially focus on [...] and collecting the generative AI wave that is currently upon us all."

Why would they want to collect the AI wave ?!

But about time the Internet Archive had a US-independent backup.

kinow1d ago

> But about time the Internet Archive had a US-independent backup.

Agreed!

> The Internet Archive Switzerland, online at https://internetarchive.ch/, is a newly-formed Swiss non-profit foundation that will operate independently within its national context.

I think the Wikipedia Editors will have to decide whether they will add it to the existing page. The Operations section is still listing only U.S. data centers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#Operations

rbanffyOP1d ago

I wonder how long does it take to back it up.

userbinator10h ago

There are some real gems in the sea of slop; and as archivists and historians, they shouldn't moderate.

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