AI Bot Directory / AI2Bot

What is AI2Bot?

AI2Bot is Allen Institute for AI's bulk crawler that collects web content for training AI models. It doesn't drive traffic back to your site directly, but the content it collects shapes what future models know — and say — about you.

How to spot AI2Bot in your logs

Look for this token in the request User-Agent (case-insensitive):

ai2bot

Should you allow or block AI2Bot?

Blocking it keeps your content out of future training data, at the cost of future models knowing less about you. Most brands chasing AI visibility leave it allowed.

To block it anyway, add this to your robots.txt:

User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

Note: robots.txt is a request, not a lock — well-behaved crawlers honor it; verify with your own traffic data.