Websites Tighten Restrictions on AI Scraping

New study reveals significant increase in measures to block AI data collection, impacting both commercial and academic use.

Researchers found that 5-7% of 14,000 analyzed websites now fully restrict AI scraping.
28% of the most actively maintained websites have implemented restrictions in the past year.
OpenAI's scraper bots are the most commonly blocked, followed by Google's and Anthropic's.
Websites are increasingly updating their terms of service to prohibit AI data collection.
The trend may hinder AI development and create disparities between companies with access to licensed data and those without.