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GPTBot

OpenAI's web crawler for content that may be used to train generative AI models, separate from the OAI-SearchBot search crawler.

What is GPTBot?

GPTBot collects web content that may be used to train OpenAI's generative AI models. Site owners can control its access through robots.txt. OAI-SearchBot serves a separate purpose: supporting search results in ChatGPT. The two crawlers have independent controls, so allowing or blocking GPTBot does not determine access for OAI-SearchBot. A GPTBot request proves neither inclusion in training data nor a future mention or citation in ChatGPT.

How Qwairy Makes This Actionable

Qwairy classifies observed GPTBot requests in connected server logs. See which page groups were requested, their retained frequency, HTTP response groups, and the available log coverage without inferring content value.

Frequently Asked Questions

It permits GPTBot to request the allowed pages for its documented model-training purpose, subject to other access controls on the site. It does not guarantee that OpenAI will crawl those pages, include them in training data, or mention or cite them in ChatGPT. Configure OAI-SearchBot separately for the search crawler.

OpenAI does not provide a universal schedule for every site. Measure the requests actually present in your own server logs, compare equivalent periods with complete delivery, and review robots.txt or HTTP errors if access appears unexpectedly absent.

No. GPTBot access does not guarantee inclusion in training data, a future model response, or a publication timeline. ChatGPT Search uses the separate OAI-SearchBot crawler, and allowing that crawler also does not guarantee inclusion or citation. Check observed requests and actual search citations separately instead of inferring a deadline from a robots.txt change.
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