GPTBot

Recent GPTBot events

• 2026-11-09 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-08 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-11-07 — GitHub: Added Allow: /enterprise/contact/data-residency?* for GPTBot; Added Allow: /enterprise/contact?* for GPTBot; Added Allow: /features/codespaces?* for GPTBot … and 4 more change(s) diff
• 2026-11-06 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-06 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-11-05 — Delta Air Lines: Removed rules for AI crawler GPTBot (OpenAI) diff
• 2026-11-05 — The Atlantic: Removed Disallow: /4624/TheAtlanticOnline/* for GPTBot diff
• 2026-11-05 — First American Financial: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-05 — Best Buy: Added Allow: / for GPTBot; Removed Disallow: /[1.1] for GPTBot-Web diff
• 2026-11-04 — Samsung Electronics: Added Allow: /sg/multistore/sg_eppfinancing/offers_epp/ for GPTBot; Removed Allow: /sg/multistore/sg_eppfinancing/offers_epp/sc_premium/ for GPTBot diff
• 2026-11-04 — Bayer: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-04 — Varonis: Added rules for AI crawler GPTBot (OpenAI) diff
• 2026-11-03 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-03 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-11-01 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-11-01 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-10-31 — Universal Music Group: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-10-31 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-10-31 — Burlington Stores: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-10-30 — Universal Music Group: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-10-30 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-10-30 — Advance Auto Parts: Blocked GPTBot (OpenAI) entirely diff
• 2026-10-30 — Pixiv: Added Allow: /info.php for GPTBot diff
• 2026-10-30 — Advance Auto Parts: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI) - rules removed diff
• 2026-10-30 — The Asahi Shimbun: Added Allow: /corporate/ for GPTBot diff
• 2026-10-29 — Delta Air Lines: Added rules for AI crawler GPTBot (OpenAI) diff
• 2026-10-29 — Daily Mail: Blocked user-agent ‘GPTBot-Search’ entirely diff
• 2026-10-29 — Frontier Communications: Removed rules for AI crawler GPTBot (OpenAI) diff
• 2026-10-28 — Heineken: Added rules for AI crawler GPTBot (OpenAI) diff
• 2026-10-27 — Arrow Electronics: Unblocked GPTBot (OpenAI); Added Allow: / for GPTBot; Removed Allow: /ais/* for GPTBot … and 1 more change(s) diff

Sites blocking GPTBot

Site	Sector	Badge
ABC News	Broadcast News
Academia.edu	Research network
Adobe Stock	Stock media
Advance Auto Parts	Retailing
Airbnb	Technology
Al Jazeera	Broadcast News
Alibaba Group	E-commerce
AliExpress	E-commerce
Amazon	Retailing
ArcelorMittal	Steel
Archive of Our Own	Books
Bandcamp	Music
Bayer	Pharmaceuticals
BBC	Broadcast News
Behance	Graphics Multimedia and Web Design
bioRxiv	Preprint server
Bloomberg	News & Financial
BuzzFeed	Digital Media
Canva	Web
Casey's General Stores	Retailing
CBS News	Broadcast News
China Mobile	Telecommunications
Claude	LLM
CNN	Broadcast News
Corriere della Sera	News
Costa Rica (Presidencia)	Americas
Daily Mail	News
De Telegraaf	News
Der Spiegel	News
Disney	Web
eBay	Technology
ESPN	Web
Europe PMC	Research repository
Expeditors International	Transportation
Facebook	Social Network
Figma Community	Graphics Multimedia and Web Design
First American Financial	Financials
Forbes	Business
Genius	Music
Globo	Web
Goodreads	Books
Grok	LLM
Guyana (Office of the President)	Americas
HuffPost	Digital Media
Iceland (Government.is)	Europe
IGN	Web
Insight Enterprises	Technology
Instagram	Social Network
Ireland (Gov.ie)	Europe
Khan Academy	Education
Kimberly-Clark	Consumer Goods
Le Figaro	News
Letterboxd	Arts and Entertainment
LinkedIn	Professional Network
Lithia Motors	Retailing
Los Angeles Times	News
Lufthansa Group	Airlines
Mastodon	Social Network (Fediverse)
Medium	Publishing
Mercado Libre	E-commerce
Midjourney	LLM
Msn	Web
NBC News	Broadcast News
Newsweek	Magazine
Nextdoor	Social Network
Nikkei	News & Financial
Nintendo	Video Games
Northrop Grumman	Aerospace & Defense
NPR	Public Radio
PG&E	Energy
Pixiv	Art
Politico	News
Pond5	Stock media
Prudential Financial	Financials
Quora	Q&A
Reliance Steel & Aluminum	Materials
Shutterstock	Stock media
Sky News	Broadcast News
Slate	Digital Media
Snapchat	Messaging
Sony Music	Music
SoundCloud	Music
SSRN	Preprint server
Storyblocks	Stock media
TechCrunch	Technology
The Asahi Shimbun	News
The Associated Press	Newswire
The Economist	Magazine
The Globe and Mail	News
The Hill	Politics
The Intercept	Investigative
The New York Times	News
The Sydney Morning Herald	News
The Telegraph	News
Threads	Social Network
Tidal	Music
TikTok	Video
Toronto Star	News
Tripadvisor	Web
Universal Music Group	Music
University of Cape Town	University
USA Today	News
Vimeo	Video
W.W. Grainger	Wholesale
Wattpad	Books
WhatsApp	Messaging
wikiHow	Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
WPP	Advertising
Yahoo	Web
Yahoo Search	Search engine
Yelp	Web

Sites restricting GPTBot

S&P Global · Novartis · Kuehne+Nagel