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A curated visual journey through four centuries of eclectic historical art, science, and cultural documentation from the public domain.
Digital Preservation
The practice of archiving and preserving digital content for long-term access, including web archiving, the Internet Archive, and threats to the historical digital record from commercial and technological pressures.
Reading List
Anna’s Archive: Official Data Access and Donation Guide for LLMs
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Anna’s Archive provides official bulk access methods for LLMs and requests donations from AI entities to support the preservation of the knowledge they use for training.
Archiving the Echoes of a Vanishing World
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Obsolete Sounds preserves and artistically reimagines the world's disappearing auditory heritage to highlight the rapid evolution of our soundscapes.
The Met Debuts 140 High-Def 3D Art Scans
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The Met has digitized 140 of its most famous treasures into high-definition 3D models for public exploration and AR viewing.
Publishers Block Internet Archive to Stop AI Scraping 'Backdoor'
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News publishers are blocking the Internet Archive to prevent AI companies from using it as a free source of training data.
Before Wordle: DEC’s 1973 BASIC “WORD” and the Roots of Guessing Games
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Wordle’s core idea dates back to DEC’s 1973 BASIC game WORD, part of a broader, influential era of simple yet clever guessing games.
Wikipedia: AI Answers and Social Video Drive 8% Drop in Human Visits
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Wikipedia’s traffic is slipping as AI answers and social video bypass source clicks, prompting Wikimedia to demand better attribution and traffic from platforms and more support from users.