Does apnews.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
apnews.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from apnews.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 8
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#803)
Can AI assistants cite apnews.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
apnews.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, Common Crawl. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on apnews.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How apnews.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; apnews.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; apnews.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; apnews.com is one of them.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: Disallow: *_ptid=* Disallow: *?prx_t=* Disallow: /zephr* Disallow: /blaize* Disallow: /search?q=* Disallow: /*.rss Disallow: /buyline-shopping/* Disallow: /buyline-personal-finance/* Disallow: *?jw_start Disallow: *&jw_start Disallow: /gallery/ Disallow: /config/newrelic/prod Disallow: /parsely-api-endpoint Disallow: /apdata/ Disallow: /article/border-immigration-election-2182fec11fa008ec96c4202e5656d19e Disallow: /api/v2/feed/ Disallow: /press-release/* User-agent: CCBot Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-User Disallow: / User-agent: Claude-SearchBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does apnews.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, apnews.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from apnews.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does apnews.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at apnews.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: apnews.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.