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Report: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers
- Current status
- Reported
- Companies
- OpenAI, Anthropic (mentioned), Microsoft (mentioned)
- Happened
- Oct 30, 2:05 PM PT
- Last updated
- Oct 30, 2:06 PM PT (revision 1)
- Evidence
- 1 report · 1 independent chain (adjudicated)
What happened
The Verge (via Techmeme) reported: "OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers".
Why it matters
Deployment and procurement decisions show which AI and cloud platforms customers and governments actually rely on.
Uncertainty
Reported by The Verge; not independently confirmed.
Evidence and provenance
- First reportchain: the-vergeOpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers (Emma Roth/The Verge)Techmeme · published Oct 30, 2:05 PM PT · techmeme.com · rev 1Original report (The Verge): theverge.com