[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60805: Reading Settings: add option to discourage AI services from crawling the site

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#60805: Reading Settings: add option to discourage AI services from crawling the
site
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 Reporter:  jeherve          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Privacy          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  privacy
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Comment (by easterlyart):

 I appreciate there is a ticket in the works to help **prevent generative
 Ai from scraping websites for content**.

 Ideally this would be something that WordPress should have added as an
 update to **block any sort of content scraping** from happening,
 especially given that **content scraping for generative Ai could be
 considered theft and thus subject to criminal charges in federal court**,
 but I understand if this would end up being resolved with plugins.

 One of my major concerns is that WordPress could abuse the platform as a
 whole for content scraping to train generative Ai in the same way that
 Meta and Twitter have abused their platforms through the Terms of Service
 and Privacy Policy. Tech companies seem very eager to push generative Ai
 tech and "Ai" tech in general that it's putting too many risks on users
 and businesses.

 That said, for the original idea @jeherve posted, **this shouldn't be a
 "Op-In" feature, but something that is always on unless the owner of a
 WordPress site turns it off**. This ensures that all WordPress accounts
 are auto-protected from Ai theft.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60805#comment:11>
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