OpenAI's GPTBot probes new Mastodon instance without prior links

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-04-28 16:12

OpenAI's GPTBot has begun crawling the Mastodon instance mastodon.social shortly after its creation. The bot's presence was noted despite the domain not being linked from any external websites, raising concerns about its discovery methods. This activity has been described as intrusive by the user who reported it. AI

IMPACT AI web crawlers may begin indexing decentralized social media content.

RANK_REASON AI bot activity on a new social media instance.

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Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] · 2026-04-28 16:12

I haven't had this domain up for that long and GPTBot has already been poking around. The domain isn't linked from anywhere and they've somehow discovered the s

I haven't had this domain up for that long and GPTBot has already been poking around. The domain isn't linked from anywhere and they've somehow discovered the server already. Absolute creeps. # OpenAI # GPTBot # AI

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I haven't had this domain up for that long and GPTBot has already been poking around. The domain isn't linked from anywhere and they've somehow discovered the s

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