Google Targets 2027 Support as Microsoft Sets Feb. 1 Start for AI Signal

Google and Microsoft outlined plans Friday, Oct. 30, to recognize a shared robots.txt signal for AI training, expanding a proposal that gives publishers a common way to express how participating developers may use their content. Google is aiming to support the signal in 2027. Microsoft will begin applying its preferences as it crawls pages on Feb. 1, 2027, adding a dated start to the proposal’s rollout plans. The proposed __usage_ai-training token records a publisher’s preference about using website content to train generative AI models. It addresses training use, not whether a crawler can request a page.

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