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Should lemmy.ml block chatgpt scraping in robots.txt? (lemmy.ml)
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Some context about this here: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/openai-details-how-to-keep-chatgpt-from-gobbling-up-website-data/

the robots.txt would be updated with this entry

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

Obviously this is meaningless against non-openai scrapers or anyone who just doesn't give a shit.

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[–] Geist_ 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

... It's probably going to recommend paid and non-FOSS apps and programs just on the basis that those companies probably will pay to be the top suggestions. Just like google ads. So no, I don't think that's a good enough reason. They can still scrape wiki's if they need info on FOSS sites, imo. Those shouldn't (?) block AI's and other aggregators.