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title: "Stores opt out of AI training crawlers"
url: "https://www.freshstore.com/changelog/2026-07-14-stores-opt-out-of-ai-training-crawlers"
published: "2026-07-14"
updated: "2026-10-07"
type: "improved"
areas: ["Stores"]
guide: null
supersedes: []
---

# Stores opt out of AI training crawlers

Your store now asks AI training crawlers to stay away. Every store's robots.txt tells the bots that collect content to train AI models not to crawl it. Search engines, and the AI assistants that answer shoppers' questions, can still read your store, so you keep showing up when people ask for product advice.