{"article":{"id":48074360425361,"url":"https://qwant.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/48074360425361.json","html_url":"https://help.qwant.com/hc/en-us/articles/48074360425361-Qwant-and-AI-Training-Data","author_id":46426822342289,"comments_disabled":false,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"upvote_count":0,"downvote_count":0,"section_id":47119696763537,"created_at":"2026-06-24T13:16:31Z","updated_at":"2026-10-16T17:36:31Z","name":"Qwant and AI Training Data","title":"Qwant and AI Training Data","source_locale":"fr-fr","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-07-07T14:16:35Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":32021775980433,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>You are a website publisher and want to know if Qwant uses your content to train AI models? Here is the answer and the available options.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVWWBMDC53PTB975MWXR0M62\">Does Qwant use your content to train AI models?</h2><p><strong>No.</strong> The indexed content is used only to:</p><ul>\n<li class=\"wysiwyg-list-bold\" data-list-item-id=\"e80cc0e3b5ca32628b5f992eb13d9fd27\"><strong>Appear in the search engine results.</strong></li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e942c7772640b4bfe977c6aa0d21007cd\">\n<strong>Feed AI responses</strong> when one of your articles is relevant, in which case your site is <strong>cited as a source</strong> with a link.</li>\n</ul><p>This approach (<em>retrieval-augmented generation</em>) uses your content at the time of the response, citing the source. It is different from ingestion into a model’s parameters.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVWWBMDGAVJ6S84CCWX2EP7X\">Distinguishing indexing bots from AI training bots</h2><p>Several bots may visit your site:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eff3f0fd2155dae2e259a13969aa38ee2\">\n<strong>QwantBot</strong>: Qwant’s indexing bot for the search engine.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4283c5e04c86fdf9f3e125ad2f8a29fb\">\n<strong>GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, etc.</strong>: bots from AI model publishers, to train their systems.</li>\n</ul><p>You can allow or block each one <strong>independently</strong>.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVWWBMDH4WADYNGS2H7X9V4P\">Blocking third-party AI training bots</h2><p>To prevent your content from being used by model publishers, add these directives to your <code>robots.txt</code>:</p><pre class=\"language-auto\">User-agent: GPTBot\nDisallow: /\n\nUser-agent: ClaudeBot\nDisallow: /\n\nUser-agent: Google-Extended\nDisallow: /\n\nUser-agent: anthropic-ai\nDisallow: /\n</pre><p>The list of bots evolves. Refer to specialized SEO resources to keep it up to date.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVWWBMDNFXZ3RN1B9DNAQ227\">What happens if I block QwantBot?</h2><p>Your site <strong>will no longer be indexed by Qwant</strong> and will disappear from our results. Blocking QwantBot blocks classic indexing, not a specific AI usage.</p><h2 id=\"h_01KVWWBMDNVJWWXDHVW4NHKNH0\">Qwant’s position</h2><p>Qwant is committed to:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4b220c840b9c1756b0bb672a4d1a2502\">Not <strong>using</strong> indexed content to train its own closed models.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2885794df43d7e5a524f41b5486d4dda\">\n<strong>Systematically citing</strong> sources in AI responses.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eafd7412c853e7c6132584d6f90678d9f\">\n<strong>Respecting</strong> robots.txt directives published by publishers.</li>\n</ul>","user_segment_ids":[]}}