Google, Reddit, and the Robots.txt Rebellion
The 404 Media Podcast
Shifting Attitudes Toward AI Scraping: The Rise of Robots.txt Modifications
This chapter explores a study by the Data Provenance Initiative regarding the use of robots.txt files by website owners and their effect on AI scraping. The findings reveal a growing trend of websites modifying these files to restrict unauthorized access by AI user agents.
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