How to disable GPTBot from robots.txt file

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More details about this can be found on the OpenAI platform where related documentation can be found.

In order to prevent OpenAI's GPTBot from accessing a website, it can be blocked with the robots.txt file using the following command:

Additionally, it is possible to grant partial access to certain areas of the site, so this can be configured using this command:


It is worth clarifying that it is not yet known hong kong mobile database whether denying access to OpenAI's data-gathering bot is a positive or counterproductive thing in relation to search terms, positioning and authority of the sites.

Should we block OpenAI's GPTBot?
In recent times, the data collection strategies implemented by OpenAI have generated concern and distrust. These strategies may have legal and ethical implications in relation to the use of copyrighted content, and are even seen by many as very similar to Web Scraping , which is not an illegal practice unless personal or private data is collected.

At this time, it is not known how useful blocking GPTBot via robots.txt can be. In principle, it can be considered a point of trust that OpenAI allows its bot to be visible and therefore perceptible to being blocked.

I believe that blocking the crawler may have future consequences for indexing and appearing in AI-generated search results.