Should You Be Blocking AI Bots?

Deciding whether to block AI bots from accessing your content is a delicate balancing act between protecting your intellectual property and risking the potential loss of traffic and revenue.

But increasingly, many larger publishers are opting to block bots—when they can—in what I suspect is a negotiating tactic. The latest example is Applebot-Extended, the company’s bot specific to AI training. According to Wired: