Google lets publishers use a robots.txt flag to opt out of the company using their data to train its AI models, while remaining accessible through Google Search
Google just announced it's giving website publishers a way to opt out of having their data used to train the company's AI models …
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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Google now allows opt-out from your website being used to train their AI models while still showing up in search. Once OpenAI added the ability to block their crawler, Google had no option but to do so as well.
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@lakewitchhouse.bsky.social
@lakewitchhouse.bsky.social
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making a site that generates AI text specifically to be crawled in the hopes that it gives itself digital kuru [embedded post]
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@linkletter
Ian Linkletter
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New robots.txt flag just dropped, allowing sites to tell Google not to use content to train AI models. There should be an open license which does the same.
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@google
@google
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Teens from 13-17 in the U.S. can now sign up for Search Labs and try out generative AI in Search. See how we're prioritizing quality and safety, including new improvements to the experience ↓ https://blog.google/...