The New Rules of the Web: AI Crawlers and the Power of llms.txt

The rise of artificial intelligence tools like Chat GPT, Claude, and Gemini has transformed how we access and consume information. But behind the scenes, these powerful tools rely heavily on one thing: web crawling . Until recently, website admins had limited control over how AI models collected and used their content. That’s where llms.txt comes in — a new standard that’s changing the rules of the digital game What Are AI Crawlers? AI crawlers (also called bots or spiders) are automated scripts that scan websites to gather content, which is then used to train language models or generate AI responses. While this may sound harmless, it raises concerns about content ownership, copyright, and data privacy What Is llms.txt? Much like robots.txt controls what search engines can access, llms.txt is a new proposed protocol that allows website owners to say: 1)Yes, you can crawl my site 2)No, this content is off-limits for AI training Placed in the root directory of y...