88% of Top Media Houses Now Block AI Bots Amid Content Use Concerns

• Several top media companies now restrict AI bots on their platforms. 
• A survey reveals that 88% of top-ranked news outlets in the US have initiated such blocks. 
• The restrictions come as AI companies come under heat for copyright infringement and content use.

Several media companies in the United States now block web crawlers used by artificial intelligence (AI) companies as the battle over copyright infringement and uncompensated content use prolongs.

According to a Wired report, 88 percent of top-ranked news outlets in the US have devised means to restrict data collecting activities of AI companies. The data collected by the crawlers is used by the companies to train their chatbots and other AI projects. 

The report stated that a survey by Ontario-based AI detection startup Originality AI noted this growing trend amongst media companies. Per that report, nearly all 44 top news sites surveyed block AI web crawlers. That includes outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian. 

Furthermore, the survey revealed that OpenAI’s GPTBot is the most widely blocked crawler. Originality’s survey further shows that most of the web craw…

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