Does cbsnews.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
cbsnews.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from cbsnews.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 1 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 1
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 1,000 (#701)
Can AI assistants cite cbsnews.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
cbsnews.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI. 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 cbsnews.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How cbsnews.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; cbsnews.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; cbsnews.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; cbsnews.com does not.
- Among 195 sites of similar popularity, 28% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: */search/* Disallow: /index.php/* Disallow: /election-results-data/* Disallow: /common Disallow: /htdocs/* Disallow: /user/login* Disallow: /app/?* Disallow: /network Disallow: /assets Disallow: /stories Disallow: /sections Disallow: */feed/ Disallow: /1318 Disallow: /1319 Disallow: /1328 Disallow: /1344 Disallow: /1770 Disallow: /2240 Disallow: /2300 Disallow: /2303 Disallow: /2304 Disallow: /2305 Disallow: /2306 Disallow: /2307 Disallow: /2308 Disallow: /2332 Disallow: /2741 Disallow: /2994 Disallow: /8301 Disallow: /8324 Disallow: /8601 Disallow: /8614 Disallow: /8618 Disallow: /9742 Disallow: /9744 User-agent: GPTBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does cbsnews.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, cbsnews.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from cbsnews.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 cbsnews.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at cbsnews.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: cbsnews.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.