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Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Agent Over Policy Violations
Amazon blocked Meta’s AI shopping agent Muse over Conditions of Use violations and privacy concerns, highlighting robots...
Palumbo Angela
October 1, 2026
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Google pilots AI payments for publishers, lowers Search profile bar
Google launches an AI content payment pilot, updates Search Console for AI results, and lowers Search profile follower r...
Joyce de Castro
September 20, 2026
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Cloudflare launches Bot Preference Sync for robots.txt management
Cloudflare’s new Bot Preference Sync automates robots.txt, but experts question its default settings, control over AI cr...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
September 18, 2026
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Cloudflare offers new setting to block AI training while allowing search
Cloudflare introduced ‘Disallow AI Training’ to block AI crawlers via robots.txt, preserving search visibility from Goog...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
September 16, 2026
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Websites use robots.txt, server blocking for AI crawlers
Websites are evaluating robots.txt and server-level methods like CDN and WAF to control AI crawler access, balancing vol...
Joyce de Castro
September 3, 2026
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bots Access Forbidden Web Pages in Europe
AI bots, including ChatGPT-User, are accessing forbidden web pages despite robots.txt rules. OpenAI justifies this as us...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
August 17, 2026
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OpenAI says robots.txt may not apply to ChatGPT’s fetch bot
OpenAI argues robots.txt rules may not apply to ChatGPT’s fetch bot for user-initiated requests, leading to widespread d...
Palumbo Angela
August 14, 2026
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Automated Tool Simplifies AI Visibility Audit for Websites
Discover the new automated tool that simplifies Common Crawl’s AI Visibility Audit, helping websites understand and mana...
Joyce de Castro
August 10, 2026
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Google embeds Top Stories in AI Overviews, impacting publishers
Google is integrating Top Stories into AI Overviews. Discover the impact on publishers, ineffective opt-out methods, and...
Saeed Ashif Ahmed
August 4, 2026