AI bot types in Cloudflare rules

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Topic: Cloudflare Ai Crawler Rules

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Primary source: https://aismartventures.com/posts/claude-science-ai-crawler-rules-and-who-owns-the-model

Quick Info

Search bots, agent bots, and training bots. These are the three categories used in the rules.

Purpose and usage

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Key points

  • What does a training bot mean in this setup?: A training bot is an AI bot type. It feeds content into a model.
  • What does an agent bot mean in this setup?: An agent bot is an AI bot type. It visits on behalf of a user.

Terms and entities

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Which AI bot categories are included in these rules?

Search bots, agent bots, and training bots. These are the three categories used in the rules.

What does a training bot mean in this setup?

A training bot is an AI bot type. It feeds content into a model.

What does an agent bot mean in this setup?

An agent bot is an AI bot type. It visits on behalf of a user.

Sources

  1. https://aismartventures.com/posts/claude-science-ai-crawler-rules-and-who-owns-the-model

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