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This new standard, proposed by Anthropic and intended for the IETF, will use a \"policy token\" within a…","relatedSources":["Bing Blogs","OpenAI","Search Engine Roundtable","PPC Land","Malay Mail","SiliconANGLE"],"relatedLinks":["https://blogs.bing.com/search/2026/10/your-content-your-choice-clearer-preferences-for-training-and-grounding/","https://openai.com/index/helping-websites-express-ai-training-preferences","https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-training-control-42430.html","https://ppc.land/google-microsoft-openai-and-anthropic-back-one-ai-training-opt-out/","https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2026/10/31/after-scraping-the-internet-ai-giants-pledge-no-scraping-tool-for-publishers/241430","https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/30/google-anthropic-and-others-to-support-new-ai-crawling-opt-out-standard/"],"sourceCount":8,"domain":"theverge.com","pubDate":"13h ago","rawPubDate":"2026-10-30T16:26:10-04:00","trending":true,"trendScore":21,"topics":["AI","Google"],"urgency":null,"hnUrl":null,"techmemeUrl":"https://www.techmeme.com/261030/p26#a261030p26","redditUrl":null,"sources":["techmeme","theverge"],"firstSeenAt":1793396474674,"whyItMatters":"Publishers can now prevent their content from being scraped for AI training with a single setting.","enrichedAt":"2026-10-30T21:41:18.570Z"},{"title":"Intel stock closed down 28.58% on Friday, its worst day since the 1970s and wiping ~$12B off US government's stake, after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance","slug":"intel-stock-closed-down-2858-on-friday-its-worst-day-since-the-1970s-and-wiping","link":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/amazon-intel-earnings-big-tech-ai-spending-concerns.html","snippet":"Intel shares plummeted 29% on Friday, their worst day since the 1970s, after the chipmaker issued weaker-than-expected guidance due...","summary":"Intel's stock experienced its most significant decline since the 1970s on Friday, closing down 28.58% and erasing approximately $12 billion from the U.S. government's stake in the company. 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