AI & Tech

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI, as reported earlier by Search Engine Roundtable.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated October 30, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC

With this control, publishers can apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually.

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