User-agent OpenAI uses when ChatGPT fetches webpages in real time during a conversation, distinct from the GPTBot training crawler.
ChatGPT-User is a user-agent OpenAI documents for user-initiated page visits. This differs from GPTBot, which is associated with model training, and OAI-SearchBot, which supports search. An observed ChatGPT-User request can be associated with a live user action, but the request alone does not prove that the page was cited in the final answer.
Qwairy differentiates observed ChatGPT-User requests from GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot requests. Use citation monitoring separately to verify whether a page appeared in a monitored answer.
Automated web client operated by an AI company for model training, AI search, or user-requested retrieval.
OpenAI's web crawler that collects public web content to train future GPT models; site owners control its access via robots.txt.
Conversational assistant developed by OpenAI, based on GPT models.
Text file placed at the root of a website to indicate to indexing robots which pages to explore or avoid.