OpenAI has confirmed that GPTBot respects robots.txt directives. You have real, enforceable control over whether your content trains future ChatGPT models.
The One-Liner Block
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
Add this to your robots.txt. GPTBot will stop crawling within days of the next crawl.
Partial Blocking
User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /blog/ Disallow: /research/ Allow: /press/ Allow: /about/
Verifying the Block
Use Google Search Console's robots.txt tester. Enter "GPTBot" as the user agent and test your key URLs to confirm they show as "Blocked".
