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ChatGPT-Operator

Usually allow

ChatGPT-Operator is an AI training crawler from OpenAI used for AI model training, dataset discovery; it appears in server logs as `chatgpt-operator`.

Ai Ai Training Verified Bot Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-06-23

User-Agent Pattern

OpenAI
chatgpt-operator
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: chatgpt-operator
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Handling Guidance

Depends

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.

ChatGPT-Operator is used for AI model training, dataset discovery, and collection of public web content for model-development pipelines.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
OpenAI
Family
OpenAI
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Training
Identity type
Verified Bot
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-06-23
Last checked
2026-06-23
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify ChatGPT-Operator by matching `chatgpt-operator` to OpenAI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
ChatGPT-Operator has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

Notes

  • ChatGPT-Operator is an AI training crawler from OpenAI used for AI model training, dataset discovery, and collection of public web content for model-development pipelines.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is chatgpt-operator.
  • ChatGPT-Operator is verified with High confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is official operator documentation.
  • ChatGPT-Operator is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
  • ChatGPT-Operator can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify ChatGPT-Operator by matching `chatgpt-operator` to OpenAI evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • ChatGPT-Operator traffic is primarily detected by the `chatgpt-operator` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with OpenAI infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • ChatGPT-Operator is used for AI model training, dataset discovery, and collection of public web content for model-development pipelines.
  • ChatGPT-Operator has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots

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