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OpenAI has released GPTBot, a new web crawler designed to boost future artificial intelligence models such as GPT-4 and the upcoming GPT-5. According to an OpenAI blog post, using GPTBot has the potential to improve existing AI models in areas such as accuracy and safety.
Web pages crawled with the GPTBot user agent may potentially be used to improve future models and are filtered to remove sources that require paywall access, are known to gather personally identifiable information (PII), or have text that violates our policies. Allowing GPTBot to access your site can help AI models become more accurate and improve their general capabilities and safety. Below, we also share how to disallow GPTBot from accessing your site.