We need an evolved robots.txt and regulations to enforce it
Read OriginalThis article critiques the traditional robots.txt standard as insufficient for the AI era. It proposes extending the file to specify permissions for indexing, caching, LLM training, and content summarization. It calls for new regulations to enforce these rules, using Perplexity AI's alleged use of a fake user agent to bypass robots.txt as a key example of why enforcement is needed.
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