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Internet Archive may accept AI funding, mirroring past organizational shifts

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The Internet Archive may be considering accepting funding from large AI companies, a move that could mirror past instances where organizations like Mozilla and Debian accepted significant financial contributions. This potential shift in funding strategy is viewed by some as a compromise of their original principles in exchange for financial gain. AI

IMPACT Potential shift in funding for digital preservation organizations could impact access to data for AI training.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing a potential funding strategy for the Internet Archive.

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Internet Archive may accept AI funding, mirroring past organizational shifts

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · NewsHund ·

    Without knowing much about it, I can reverse engineer the following about @ internetarchive — they’ve probably assessed that the money Big # AI will shower on t

    Without knowing much about it, I can reverse engineer the following about @ internetarchive — they’ve probably assessed that the money Big # AI will shower on them for shilling kool-aid is more than all of us peons’ contributions combined. Same thing that happened to Mozilla. And…

    LINKS mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive archivebox.io

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