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How to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt file (www.cyberciti.biz)

submitted 1 month ago by CynicusRex@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CynicusRex@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunate indeed.

“Can AI bots ignore my robots.txt file? Well-established companies such as Google and OpenAI typically adhere to robots.txt protocols. But some poorly designed AI bots will ignore your robots.txt.”

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

typically adhere. but they don’t have to follow it.

poorly designed AI bots

Is it a poor design if its explicitly a design choice to ignore it entirely to scrape as much data as possible? Id argue its more AI bots designed to scrape everything regardless of robots.txt. That’s the intention. Asshole design vs poor design.