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What is cohere-ai?

cohere-ai is a token attributed to Cohere that trackers associate with AI training or chat fetches.

AI trainingNot documentedNo way to verify
Operator
Cohere
Purpose
AI training. Collects pages to train AI models. Blocking it does not remove you from AI answers.Cohere does not document it. Trackers disagree on whether it collects training data or fetches pages for chat.
robots.txt token
cohere-ai
Sample user agent
Not documented by the operator. Cohere publishes no crawler page; match on the token only.User agents change with versions. Match on the token, not the full string.
Follows robots.txt
Not documented by the operator. Cohere publishes no crawler documentation.
How to verify
Cohere doesn't publish a way to verify it.
Sources
Cohere publishes no documentation for it.
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Allow or block cohere-ai

Block cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

Asks cohere-ai not to crawl any page. Well-behaved crawlers stop; it does not stop anyone who ignores robots.txt.

Allow cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

Lets cohere-ai crawl everything. You only need this if a broader rule would otherwise block it.

Should you block it?

Blocking cohere-ai asks Cohere not to use new crawls of your pages for training. It doesn't remove you from AI answers.

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cohere-ai can't be verified

Cohere doesn't publish IP ranges, DNS names or signatures for cohere-ai. The user agent is the only signal, and anyone can copy it, so treat a request that claims to be cohere-ai as unproven.

Questions about cohere-ai

Is cohere-ai safe to allow?

cohere-ai reads public pages; it does not log in or submit forms. Whether to allow it is about how your content is used, not security.

How do I know a request is really cohere-ai?

You can't, from the request alone. Cohere doesn't publish IP ranges, DNS names or signatures for it, so the user agent is the only signal, and anyone can copy that.

How often does cohere-ai visit?

It depends on your site; Cohere doesn't publish a schedule. Referscope shows the real visits.

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