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Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant that connected to email and calendars, shuts down on 6 November
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Google plans to support one shared AI training opt-out in robots.txt, so a website can refuse several AI companies at once
Google Search Central· 30 OctGoogle's Search Central blog says it plans to support a shared AI training control in robots.txt, based on work from the IETF's AIPREF working group. A website would use one policy token to opt out of training across participating AI providers. If it does that and does not name Google-Extended, Google would treat it as a Google-Extended disallow. Google says it aims to support the control, with other AI providers, in 2027.
- Open yourwebsite.com/robots.txt and see whether it mentions Google-Extended or other AI crawlers. If you want to opt out of training today, those company-specific lines still work.
- If a developer or agency manages your site, ask them to add the shared token once it is published, and to tell you which AI companies have agreed to follow it.
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