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Google's Illyes says robots.txt governs crawling, not AI training
Google Search relations staff Gary Illyes explained that the robots.txt standard (RFC 9309) only tells crawlers which URLs they may request; it does not prescribe what a crawler does with the data after fetching it. To…
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Google updates AI content guidance to require manual fact-checking
Google updated its AI content guidance on Oct. 1, adding a warning that generative AI output may contain errors and must be manually fact‑checked before publishing. The change extends the manual review to metadata,…
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As of 22 October 2026: Google's Illyes says robots.txt governs crawling, not AI training. Google Search relations staff Gary Illyes explained that the robots.txt standard (RFC 9309) only tells crawlers which URLs they may request; it does not prescribe what a crawler does with the data after fetching it.