robots.txt in the age of AI crawlers

135 · Flaviocopes · Aug. 7, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
Summary
This blog post provides an overview of the robots.txt file, discussing its relevance in the context of modern AI crawlers like GPTBot and ClaudeBot. It highlights the differences between blocking AI training versus AI search and examines the tradeoffs involved in these decisions.