SUPERPRESERVATION™

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2026

Artefactual announces a new quantum computing inspired approach to digital preservation.  

Surrey, BC - April 1, 2026

We harness the principle of quantum superposition to super preserve your valuable cultural memory artifacts. 

Long term preservation is full of risks and uncertainties. Collecting organisations have to constantly worry about whether their valuable content is preserved, or if it has been damaged or destroyed.

Artefactual has a new solution to this long-term problem. Instead of worrying about whether evidence of your cultural memories are preserved or destroyed, now your content can be both, at the same time!  Your content can be SUPERPRESERVED™!

Here's how it works.

1. You submit your content, (pictures of hypothetical cats work well).

2. We put it into an AIP along with an AI powered Garbletronic2000 device linked to a  radioactive fork of AtoM.

3. The radioactive AtoM has a 50% chance of decaying within a year. If that happens, the Garbletronic2000 is released, devouring your content.

4. As long as you don't open the AIP, the contents will exist in a superposition of both preserved and destroyed. Your content is not just preserved (and destroyed) it is SUPERPRESERVED™!

Illustration of a SUPERPRESERVED™ AIP.  Your content is represented in this diagram as a cat, and the AI powered Garbletronic2000 is represented by a vial of toxic chemicals.

hat tip to Dr. E. Schrödinger for the initial thought experiment that led to this super breakthrough in digital preservation technology. Open and Collaborative for the win!

About Artefactual Systems

Artefactual Systems is a commercial open source software company serving archivists, digital preservation professionals, records managers, and memory institutions worldwide. Its products include Archivematica, AtoM (Access to Memory), and Enduro.

Contact: press@artefactual.com

All product names are trademarks of Artefactual Systems, Inc. SUPERPRESERVATION™ preservation integrity guarantees are valid only in the absence of observation. Artefactual Systems accepts no liability for content that exists, does not exist. Artefactual is not responsible for the process of eigenstate selection.