What is AI2Bot?
AI2Bot is operated by Ai2, a non-profit AI research institute. It's used to download data to train open source AI models. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when AI2Bot visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Ai2 |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | September 17, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
AI2Bot tends to make broad, high-volume sweeps across many pages. Timing is unpredictable: traffic may remain heavy throughout a collection pass, then stop entirely.
AI2Bot's User Agent
| User Agent | AI2Bot/1.0 |
How To Block AI2Bot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block AI2Bot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI data scrapers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: AI2Bot # https://knownagents.com/agents/ai2bot
Disallow: /Insights for AI2Bot
As of September 17, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by AI2Bot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block AI2Bot?
Block AI2Bot if you want more control over whether your work is used for AI training. Allowing it may increase the chance that your brand appears in AI-generated answers, but either choice leaves traditional search rankings unchanged. For context, 14% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for AI2Bot.
Does AI2Bot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. AI2Bot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether AI2Bot respects it.
Does AI2Bot Access Private Content?
Not through legitimate access. AI2Bot primarily targets public content, but some training-data scrapers also attempt to collect gated or paywalled pages. If content loads without authentication, assume it can be collected.
How Can I Tell if AI2Bot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks AI2Bot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "AI2Bot". Look for high page counts, short gaps between requests, and deep traversal through linked content. Because AI2Bot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
Why Is AI2Bot Visiting My Website?
Your content matched the criteria Ai2 set for a training dataset. AI2Bot typically discovers pages through external links, sitemaps, and seed lists rather than because someone selected your site individually.