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# Thanks to the excellent Tracy Durnell, from whom this file was lifted :)
# https://tracydurnell.com/robots.txt
# https://tracydurnell.com/2025/06/02/generative-ai-and-the-business-borg-aesthetic/

# Google AI
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Disallow: /

# Common Crawl
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

# OpenAI
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT
Disallow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

# Omgili
User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /

# Facebook AI
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

# Apple AI
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

# Other AI training known or suspected
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: The Knowledge AI
Disallow: /

User-agent: aiHitBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

# Siri and Alexa yuck
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /

# Miscellaneous
User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: NPBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SlySearch
Disallow: /

User-agent: 360Spider
Disallow: /

User-agent: netEstate NE Crawler
Disallow: /