training data
Text absorbed during model training. Content in training data may influence answers without ever being cited, and cannot be updated or withdrawn once a model is trained.
What training data does not show
This is why blocking training crawlers and allowing retrieval crawlers is a coherent policy rather than a contradiction.
Where training data comes up on this site
- How to rank in ChatGPT: the part that is in your controlThe prompts buyers type, the model's training data and update schedule, which documents retrieval picks, and whether the answer names a source.
- Only 6% of websites block an AI crawler: the full breakdown3.1% of sites block GPTBot while leaving OAI-SearchBot open, which is the coherent version of an AI policy: stay out of the training data, stay in the answers.
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Questions about training data
What is training data?
Text absorbed during model training. Content in training data may influence answers without ever being cited, and cannot be updated or withdrawn once a model is trained.
What does training data not show or guarantee?
Content in training data may influence answers without ever being cited, and cannot be updated or withdrawn once a model is trained. This is why blocking training crawlers and allowing retrieval crawlers is a coherent policy rather than a contradiction.
Which area of the glossary does training data belong to?
Answer engines and retrieval: How a generated answer gets made, and what your page is competing for inside it.
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