- Company
- OpenAI
- Product
- ChatGPT
- Why it visits
- Collecting for AI training
- How to verify
- Published IP list
- User-agent contains
GPTBot
How to tell a real GPTBot from a fake
- The user-agent contains
GPTBot. On its own this proves nothing: fakes copy it. - The visit’s IP address is inside OpenAI’s published list (openai-gptbot, below). If it isn’t, it’s a fake.
IP ranges: openai-gptbot
18 ranges · updated 12 Oct 2026 · source openai.com
Show all 18 ranges
132.196.86.0/24
172.182.202.0/25
172.182.207.0/25
20.125.66.80/28
20.171.206.0/24
20.171.207.0/24
4.227.36.0/25
52.230.152.0/24
74.7.175.128/25
74.7.227.0/25
74.7.227.128/25
74.7.228.0/25
74.7.230.0/25
74.7.241.0/25
74.7.241.128/25
74.7.242.0/25
74.7.243.128/25
74.7.244.0/25
Recent changes to these ranges
No changes recorded yet. When a company adds or removes ranges, it shows up here (lists are checked every day).
Allow or block GPTBot in robots.txt
Block it everywhere:
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
Allow it everywhere:
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.