# The Wayback Machine faces another threat from AI — ridiculously expensive hard drive prices

> The Wayback Machine is under threat from AI once more The AI boom has tripled the price of the large hard disks needed for this expansive archive of the web This is a further danger posed to the Wayback Machine, which…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/internet/the-wayback-machine-faces-another-threat-from-ai-ridiculously-expensive-hard-drive-prices?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69fe56ee30286d366d665175)
- **Published:** 2026-05-08
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #archive #machine #wayback #hard #another #drive #internet #prices
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