OpenAI

Bot & Web Crawler Operator

OpenAI is an AI research and product company behind models like GPT-4, GPT-5 and the ChatGPT platform. It operates several bots and automated agents that access web content for search, training data collection (where allowed), content retrieval, and live browsing on behalf of users. Unlike generic cloud traffic, OpenAI’s automated access is increasingly first-party identified via dedicated user-agents and documented IP egress ranges.

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OpenAI Bots & Web Crawlers

3 bots operated by OpenAI

ChatGPT-User

AI Agent

ChatGPT-User is an AI Agent bot operated by OpenAI. ChatGPT-User is primarily used for user actions in ChatGPT and Custom GPTs. When a user asks ChatGPT or a CustomGPT a question, it may visit a web page with a ChatGPT-User agent. OpenAI also uses ChatGPT-User agent to allow ChatGPT users to interact with external applications via GPT Actions. As per OpenAI, ChatGPT-User is not used for crawling the web in an automatic fashion, nor to crawl content for generative AI trainings. RobotSense.io verifies OpenAI ChatGPT-User using OpenAI’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine ChatGPT-User traffic is identified.

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GPTBot

AI Training

GPTBot is an AI Training bot operated by OpenAI. GPTBot is used by OpenAI to make their generative AI foundation models more useful and safe. It is used to crawl content that may be used in training their generative AI foundation models. Disallowing GPTBot indicates that a site’s content should not be used in training generative AI foundation models. RobotSense.io verifies OpenAI GPTBot using OpenAI’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine GPTBot traffic is identified.

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OAI-SearchBot

OAI-SearchBot is a search bot operated by OpenAI. Data collected from the bot is used to link to and surface websites in search results in ChatGPT's search features. As per OpenAI, it is not used to crawl content to train its generative AI foundation models. OpenAI recommends allowing OAI-SearchBot in your site’s robots.txt file to help ensure that your site appears in search results. RobotSense.io verifies OpenAI OAI-SearchBot using OpenAI’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine OAI-SearchBot traffic is identified.

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