Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft have announced support for a system that allows websites to explicitly refuse to use their sites for AI learning. The companies will adopt the ...
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A specification is under development that will allow users to explicitly specify, using robot.txt, whether or not website content can be used for AI training. Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft have announced their support for this specification. Supporting a shared AI training control for websites | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2026/10/ai-training-control A mechanism to make it easier for websites to communicate their intention to use AI learning | OpenAI https://openai.com/ja-JP/index/helping-websites-express-ai-training-preferences/ Your content, your choice: clearer preferences for training and... https://blogs.bing.com/search/2026/10/your-content-your-choice-clearer-preferences-for-training-and-grounding/ AI companies such as Google and OpenAI provide website administrators with mechanisms to specify whether or not a website can be used for AI training. However, the current situation is complicated because each company's mechanism is different.
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