ChatGPT-User

Last updated 11 hours ago.

What is ChatGPT-User?

About

ChatGPT-User is dispatched by OpenAI's ChatGPT in response to user prompts. Its answers will usually contain a summary of the content on the website, along with a reference link.

Detail

Operator	OpenAI
Documentation	https://openai.com/bot

Type

AI Assistant

Intelligently performs tasks on behalf of a user

Expected Behavior

AI assistants generally make one-off visits to websites based on user requests, rather than crawling the web in any automatic fashion.

Insights

Activity on Your Website

Half of your website's traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.

Set Up Agent Analytics

Other Websites

11%

of top websites are currently blocking ChatGPT-User in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block ChatGPT-User?

Probably not. AI assistants visit websites directly on behalf of human users, so blocking them will effectively block those users. This could lead to a poor user experience and possible negative sentiment about your website. Not blocking AI assistants will allow more human users to use your website as they choose.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token	Description
`ChatGPT-User`	Should match instances of ChatGPT-User

You can block ChatGPT-User or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This should block ChatGPT-User

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can generate a robots.txt using the API or WordPress plugin that stays up to date with the agent list automatically. The WordPress plugin can also enforce your robots.txt and block agents who try to ignore the rules.

Set Up Your Robots.txt