Fewer websites are blocking openais web crawler now – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Fewer websites are blocking OpenAI’s web crawler now.

With several media companies striking AI training deals with OpenAI, the number of websites blocking GPTBot has taken a big dip, according to data seen by Wired:

At its peak, the high was just over a third of the websites; it has now dropped down closer to a quarter. Within a smaller pool of the most prominent news outlets, the block rate is still above 50 percent, but it’s down from heights earlier this year of almost 90 percent.

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