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xAI Publishes Details on Its Grok Web Crawler

The company behind Grok has put up a page explaining its bot, including how site owners can identify and block it.

Why it matters: As AI crawlers proliferate, clear documentation of bot identity is a small but meaningful win for site operators who want granular control over their content. It also signals that AI labs are increasingly aware that opaque scraping practices invite legal and reputational risk.

Why 'Human-in-the-Loop' Might Have It Backwards

Modular Ships Mojo 1.0, Marking the Language's Production Debut

OpenAI's Head of Ethics Exits Less Than a Year Into the Job

Researchers Show How to Extract Hidden Reasoning from Proprietary LLM APIs

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