According to IT House’s report on September 29, as generative AI services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Bing Chat and Google Bard are increasingly used as substitutes for search engines, they have also encountered some personal and company concerns. Resistance, these website developers do not want their website data to be used for AI model training.
Google today announced a new way for website developers to choose to allow its Bard and Vertex AI services to access their content, or choose not to use these APIs to train models. In a blog post, Google announced the launch of Google-Extended, a new control that website developers can use to manage their sites with the help of Bard and Vertex AI.
Websites can currently provide a list of people who refuse to be crawled through robots.txt, and Google believes that all AI model providers should also provide this similar transparency and control method. However, as AI applications expand, websites will face the increasing complexity of managing different uses at scale. Google said it will share more information soon.