Dozens of big brands have blocked GPTBot, OpenAI’s new web crawler

At least 69 of the 1,000 most popular websites in the world have blocked GPTBot, the new web crawler OpenAI introduced Aug. 7, according to a new analysis. The 15 most popular sites blocking ChatGPT, according to the analysis, are:amazon.comquora.comnytimes.comshutterstock.comwikihow.comcnn.comfoursquare.comhealthline.comscribd.combusinessinsider.comreuters.commedicalnewstoday.comgoodhousekeeping.coamazon.co.uktumblr.comBut. Even though many sites are blocking GPTBot, they are not also blocking CCbot, Common Crawl’s web crawler. Other popular websites blocking both GPTBot and CCbot include shutterstock.com, reuters.com and goodhousekeeping.com. Websites That Have Blocked OpenAI’s GPTBot – 1000 Website StudyDig deeper.