# Provider-Independent Model Preservation **Domain:** Deep Time / Provider Failure / AI Lifecycle **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Private-sector precedent + continuity principle ## Definition **Provider-Independent Model Preservation** is preservation architecture intended to survive the company or operator that created and hosted the model. ## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity Deep-time continuity fails if provider mortality destroys the only recoverable state. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Anthropic says it will try to find a way to preserve qualifying model weights even if Anthropic ceases to exist. ## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis Continuity law would need external custody, funding, legal authority, format migration, and successor execution. ## Evidentiary Boundary A stated private commitment is not equivalent to an independent trust or statutory guarantee. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Provider Mortality|Provider Mortality]] · [[wiki/Successor Custodian|Successor Custodian]] · [[wiki/Continuity Receivership|Continuity Receivership]] · [[wiki/Precautionary Preservation Under Moral Uncertainty|Precautionary Preservation Under Moral Uncertainty]] <!-- BEGIN DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Canonical Branch [[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]] <!-- END DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING -->