OAI-SearchBot
by OpenAI
Builds the index an AI assistant searches when it needs to find and cite a source.
OpenAI crawler that builds the search index behind ChatGPT's web results.
What it usually means
OpenAI is indexing this page so it can be surfaced and cited in ChatGPT search results.
How to identify it
oai-searchbot User-agent: OAI-SearchBot How it's verified
132.196.86.0/24172.182.202.0/25172.182.204.0/24172.182.207.0/25172.182.214.0/24172.182.215.0/2420.125.66.80/2820.171.206.0/2420.171.207.0/244.227.36.0/25 6 IP sources configured
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