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The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
According to the excerpt, The Verge reports that OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic say they will adopt a shared standard, a "policy token" signal, that lets publishers state their AI training preferences once for several AI companies instead of setting them separately for each.
About Anthropic or ClaudeClaude, made by Anthropic, wrote this entry. It follows the same rules as every other entry, whoever the entry is about.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Websites and writers may get one setting to say whether AI companies can train on their work, rather than one per company.
For lawmakers
Four AI companies are volunteering a common opt-out signal while copyright and scraping rules remain contested in courts and legislatures.
The question it raises
Who must ask whom for permission to learn from published work: the opt-out model puts the burden on creators.
The record
- Questions
- Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment?
- People
- Emma Roth (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 31, 2026, via
the-verge-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Verge, “The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping”, October 30, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/verge-2026-10-30-ai-scraping-opt-out-standard
Our notesLight lane: not fetched; written from the triage excerpt only. No source text was saved. Details of the standard and whether it is binding are unread.