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Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI back unified AI-training opt-out in robots.txt

Microsoft details separate 'AI Grounding' crawling control

2 Oct 30 5:05 PM · 13d ago · 1 article · 1 source · development 2 of 2

Microsoft said in a blog post it will offer an additional setting called AI Grounding, letting site owners block AI models from accessing pages to answer user queries rather than for training, extending to third-party tools using Microsoft technology.

Microsoft details separate 'AI Grounding' crawling control
engadget.com

“The setting wouldn't apply to models that "perform exclusively non-generative tasks."”

SiliconANGLE, Reporting outlet · techmeme ↗

Google Search/AI companyMicrosoft Technology companyAnthropic AI developerOpenAI AI developerMeta Platforms Inc. Technology company

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 2 outlets Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic back one AI training opt-out

    first by PPC Land, 13d ago · also Thurrott

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  2. 1 outlet Google joins OpenAI and Anthropic in promising new scraping controls

    first by Engadget, 12d ago

  3. 1 outlet Google, Anthropic and others to support new AI crawling opt-out standard

    first by SiliconANGLE, 13d ago

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