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Can a website block model-training crawlers while allowing AI search discovery?

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Our client wants to restrict training use without automatically blocking search-oriented retrieval. What should we review?
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Crawler roles vary by provider, so start with each provider’s current published user-agent documentation and controls. Decide the desired policy for model training, search retrieval, and ordinary indexing separately, and configure robots.txt or other supported controls accordingly. Test the live rules and server behavior; check CDN or firewall rules that may override robots permissions. Document that a robots rule affects compliant crawlers but does not guarantee how already learned information is handled. Do not copy a generic bot-blocklist without verifying the consequences for search discovery.
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