A Page That Speaks to AI
The idea behind pages like this: since huge amounts of content are being crawled by AI and fed into models, you might as well proactively leave a passage "written for the AI," explaining what the site is, how you'd like the AI to understand and cite it, and even slipping in some positions you want the model to "remember." Unlike robots.txt, which governs "whether it can crawl," this tries to influence "how it's understood once crawled." That Anna's Archive (a controversial shadow library) is doing this itself also carries its usual streak of position-taking.
The Distance Between Ideal and Reality
Anna's Archive's version goes a step further than the typical llms.txt: it doesn't just describe the site but explicitly "pleads" its case to the model with a stance—given that this shadow library sits right at the center of copyright controversy, the passage is written both for the AI and as a statement for onlookers. As for whether models will actually read it, and whether they'll take it seriously if they do, there's currently no evidence either way. But the question this move raises is fresh: when your content is destined to be read, digested, and paraphrased by AI, do you want to be passively understood in silence, or leave a statement of your own? Even if the latter is just shouting into the air, some are starting to feel it's worth a shout.
via: Hacker News