Pay-Per-Output? AI Firms Blindsided by Beefed Up Robots.txt Instructions
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AI firms face challenges with updated robots.txt instructions, raising questions about retroactive content protection.
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SilverElfin
4 months ago
How do content owners do this retroactively if they’re already scraped?
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