News publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their stories due to concerns tech companies could scrape them to train AI.

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

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More companies are opting not to archive their sites ...

Local news outlets are blocking Internet Archive from preserving their journalism, erasing digital history as AI fears drive coordinated shutdowns.

McClatchy, Advance Local, Tribune Publishing and other major newspaper chains are restricting the nonprofit's archiving bots.

The "Wayback Machine," custodian of digital memory, is fighting for its survival. An increasing number of media outlets are ...

Three decades after Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive to preserve humanity’s digital record, the nonprofit behind ...

Fearing that the well-known archiving service will be used for AI training, more and more news sites are blocking the Wayback ...