Glossary

AI Crawler

Definition

AI crawlers are automated programs that visit websites and capture their content for AI-related applications. Depending on the operator, the data can be used, for example, to train AI models or to search for up-to-date information. Website operators can control access by certain crawlers through the robots.txt file, among other methods. However, this does not guarantee that an AI system will actually use or cite the content.

Written by

Ortwin Oberhauser

Co-Founder, CTO, and Digital Visibility Strategist