Does newsbreak.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
newsbreak.com blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from newsbreak.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 10 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 11
- llms.txt
- Published
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,130)
Can AI assistants cite newsbreak.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
newsbreak.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. 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 newsbreak.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How newsbreak.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; newsbreak.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; newsbreak.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; newsbreak.com is one of them.
- Among 178 sites of similar popularity, 26% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /_api/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /channels/ Disallow: /af-landing Disallow: /privacy Disallow: /terms Disallow: /newsletter Disallow: /t-* Disallow: /redirect-external Disallow: /me/ Disallow: /_next/data/*.json Disallow: /following User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: ChatGPT-User Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: meta-externalagent Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /local Allow: /local/ Allow: /local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap-local-business.xml Allow: /sitemap.xml Allow: /llms.txt Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider 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 newsbreak.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, newsbreak.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from newsbreak.com?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does newsbreak.com have an llms.txt file?
Yes — newsbreak.com/llms.txt was found when we checked.
Data: newsbreak.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.