1. Introduction

Cette page resume la section correspondante du RFC 9969 et conserve les termes, dates et references RFC essentiels.

The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) holds occasional workshops to consider long-term Internet issues and possible directions for the Internet architecture. AI-CONTROL focused on how Internet publishers can express preferences about AI crawling and use.

The report explains that the Internet is a major source of data for Large Language Models (LLMs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Because many publishers did not anticipate this use, mechanisms for AI opt-out have emerged, sometimes supported by law, including the European Union's AI Act [AI-ACT].

The workshop was held on 19-20 September 2024 to explore practical opt-out mechanisms for AI, understand use cases and requirements, and examine whether the Robots Exclusion Protocol [RFC9309], also known as robots.txt, is suitable or sufficient. The program committee invited technical experts, AI vendors, content publishers, civil society advocates, and policymakers.