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OAI-SearchBot

OpenAI’s crawler for ChatGPT search. It indexes pages so they can be shown and linked in ChatGPT answers.

OAI-SearchBot is separate from GPTBot, which collects training data. Allowing OAI-SearchBot while blocking GPTBot keeps a site eligible for ChatGPT citations without opting into training.

Check whether your site allows it with the AI Bot Checker.

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