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WordPress.com adds AI scraping prevention for blogs

WordPress.com users can now prevent third-party AI services from scraping their content by enabling a specific setting. This option, found under Site Visibility settings, requires users to actively opt-out of third-party sharing to protect their blog data from being accessed by AI models. AI

IMPACT This feature allows content creators to control AI data scraping, potentially impacting how AI models are trained and the availability of web content for AI consumption.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new feature or setting within an existing platform, which falls under the 'tool' category.

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WordPress.com adds AI scraping prevention for blogs

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    If you have a wordpress.com blog and want to prevent third-party #AI to scrape your content, tick the box in Settings > Site visibility > Prevent third party sh

    If you have a wordpress.com blog and want to prevent third-party #AI to scrape your content, tick the box in Settings > Site visibility > Prevent third party sharing Don't forget to save. (It's annoying that you have to intentionally opt-out of "sharing" instead of opt-in.)

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    If you have a wordpress.com blog and want to prevent third-party #AI to scrape your content, tick the box in Settings > Site visibility > Prevent third party sh

    If you have a wordpress.com blog and want to prevent third-party #AI to scrape your content, tick the box in Settings > Site visibility > Prevent third party sharing Don't forget to save. (It's annoying that you have to intentionally opt-out of "sharing" instead of opt-in.)