In May 2026, Switzerland has launched Internet Archive Switzerland, a non-profit foundation that does not merely save web pages. Its mission is to capture and preserve generative artificial intelligence models before they mutate, are withdrawn, or vanish without leaving evidence. An ambitious project to prevent digital knowledge from being lost.
How they freeze the state of generative models 🧊
The technical team uses snapshots of weights, configurations, and training datasets in immutable repositories. They employ versioning techniques and cryptographic hashing to ensure each model is recorded in its original state. They also document inference conditions and test prompts. The idea is to have an exact snapshot of each AI, preventing future updates or disappearances from erasing its history.
In case an AI decides to erase its own past 🤖
Because yes, now we also have to archive artificial intelligences in case they ever decide to do a hard drive cleanup or, worse, redesign themselves without warning. Switzerland has become the notary of machines, keeping backups of those digital friends that change so much. Who knows, maybe in a few years we will need a 2026 model to remember what AI was like when it was still polite.