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A single signal for saying no to AI training

November 2, 2026
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The practical problem for publishers is that each company used its own crawler name. So, to opt out of several, a site had to maintain separate rules. And the shared signal changes how that preference is expressed. That is the intention. Instead of relying solely on a list of rules for

The practical problem for publishers is that each company used its own crawler name. So, to opt out of several, a site had to maintain separate rules. And the shared signal changes how that preference is expressed. That is the intention. Instead of relying solely on a list of rules for each company, publishers could communicate in general terms that they do not want their content used for training. Does that technically force all crawlers to comply? No. OpenAI has clarified that participation is voluntary. The signal expresses the site’s preference; its effect depends on each provider adopting and respecting it.

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