The Internet Archive Faces a New Threat: Wary Publishers Who Opt Out to Stop Scraping by AI Bots

The Internet Archive faces a new threat: Wary publishers who opt out to stop scraping by AI bots

Ruins of the Library of Pantainos in Athens, Greece. Photo (cc) 2018 by Michael Kogan. Has the Internet Archive reached the end of the line? The 30-year-old nonprofit, which has saved and made searchable more than a trillion webpages, has proved itself to be of enormous value over the years. I’ve used it to track changes in reporting, including this blog post about The New York Times’ shifting coverage of an explosion at Ahli Arab Hospital in Ga…

Start Up No.2651: Internet Archive squares off with publishers, Beyond Meat’s journey down, how Japan makes trains work, and more

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