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Google, Bing to Honor Robots.txt for AI Training Opt-Out

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Google and Microsoft Bing have announced they will respect the robots.txt protocol to prevent their AI models from being trained on website content. This move comes after a study indicated that AI Overviews are significantly reducing click-through rates to websites, and Bing is experimenting with ads within its AI features. AI

IMPACT This decision by Google and Bing could significantly impact the availability of web data for AI training, potentially influencing future model development and data sourcing strategies.

RANK_REASON Significant policy announcement from major search engines regarding AI training data. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Google, Bing to Honor Robots.txt for AI Training Opt-Out

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ppcland ·

    Google and Bing back one robots.txt rule to opt out of AI training: Google and Bing said they will honour a shared robots.txt signal to block AI training, as a

    Google and Bing back one robots.txt rule to opt out of AI training: Google and Bing said they will honour a shared robots.txt signal to block AI training, as a study put AI Overviews click-through at 0.9% and Bing tested ads. https:// ppc.land/google-and-bing-back- one-robots-txt…

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