Does intel.com block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
intel.com doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from intel.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 6
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#437)
Can AI assistants cite intel.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
intel.com doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. 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 intel.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Allowed |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Allowed |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Allowed |
| 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 intel.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; intel.com does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; intel.com does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; intel.com does not.
- Among 206 sites of similar popularity, 30% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: GPTBot Allow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: / User-agent: * Allow: /llms.txt Allow: /llms-full.txt Allow: /content/dam/products/catalog/ Allow: /content/dam/products/hero/ Disallow: /cgi Disallow: /iaweb/ Disallow: /cpc/vision/ Disallow: /intel/june297/ Disallow: /cpc/eps/ Disallow: /design/june297/ Disallow: /cpc/archive/ Disallow: /cpc/dia/ Disallow: /cpc/ecs/ Disallow: /cpc/fcs/ Disallow: /cpc/gif/ Disallow: /cpc/OptContent/ Disallow: /cpc/pix/ Disallow: /cpc/sound/ Disallow: /cpc/feature/ Disallow: /emergency/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/buy/intelinside/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/buy/inteltechnologyprovider/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/buy/intelproducts/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/homepage/_jcr_content/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/test/ Disallow: /content/data/disclaimers/ Disallow: /content/www/*/*/contentlibrary.html? Disallow: /content/iip/ Disallow: /content/dam/altera-www/global/*/pdfs/assets/ Disallow: /content/dam/www/programmable/*/*/pdfs/assets/ Disallow: /content/dam/www/public/*/forms/ Disallow: /content/dam/products/ Disallow: /libs/apps/intel/services/productseedlist Disallow: /now/ Disallow: /*countrylabel=*&countrylabel=* Disallow: /*&_escaped_fragment_=* Disallow: /*.swf$ Disallow: /*/swf/ Disallow: /*/secure/ Disallow: /*/wp-expand-server-memory-with-optane*.pdf$
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does intel.com block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, intel.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot.
Can ChatGPT search show results from intel.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 intel.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — intel.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: intel.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.