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| 1 | # As a condition of accessing this website, you agree to abide by the |
| 2 | # following content signals: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | # (a) If a content-signal = yes, you may collect content for the |
| 5 | # corresponding use. |
| 6 | # (b) If a content-signal = no, you may not collect content for the |
| 7 | # corresponding use. |
| 8 | # (c) If the website operator does not include a content signal for a |
| 9 | # corresponding use, the website operator neither grants nor restricts |
| 10 | # permission via content signal with respect to the corresponding use. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | # The content signals and their meanings are: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | # search: building a search index and providing search results (e.g., returning |
| 15 | # hyperlinks and short excerpts from your website's contents). Search |
| 16 | # does not include providing AI-generated search summaries. |
| 17 | # ai-input: inputting content into one or more AI models (e.g., retrieval |
| 18 | # augmented generation, grounding, or other real-time taking of |
| 19 | # content for generative AI search answers). |
| 20 | # ai-train: training or fine-tuning AI models. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | # ANY RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED VIA CONTENT SIGNALS ARE EXPRESS RESERVATIONS OF |
| 23 | # RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DIRECTIVE 2019/790 ON COPYRIGHT |
| 24 | # AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET. |
| 25 | |
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| 256 | Sitemap: https://www.theatlantic.com/sitemap.xml |
| 257 | Sitemap: https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/sitemap.xml |