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Live and emerging initiatives that shape AI data access, licensing, and enforcement. Use the glossary for vocabulary and the method and contribute guide for how entries are reviewed and how to add one.

A current snapshot of live and emerging initiatives shaping AI data access, licensing, and enforcement. Each initiative appears once under a primary approach type, even when it also uses secondary mechanisms.

Initiatives: 46
Live now: 32
WIP tracked: 14
Approach types: 8

What these labels mean

Initiative: One tracked effort in the catalog, such as a standard, product, registry, protocol, marketplace, or organizational program.
Live: Publicly available now, with enough concrete evidence that someone could inspect or use it today.
WIP: Work in progress that matters to track, but is still emerging, incomplete, or not yet clearly deployable.
Approach type: The main mechanism an initiative uses, like preference signals, formal licenses, collectives, marketplaces, tollgates, blocking, infrastructure, or certification.

46 initiatives

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Primary approach type

Preference signal

Signals that express whether AI systems may crawl, train on, or reuse content, usually through metadata, headers, or other machine-readable notices.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
IETF AI Preferences (AIPref) WIP Internet Engineering Task Force is working on a standardized preference signal for AI agents and crawlers ("building blocks that allow for the expression of preferences about how content is collected and processed for Artificial Intelligence (AI) model development, deployment, and use.") More context Evidence trail Vocabulary draft updated Nov 30, 2025 Milestone for protocol specifications Jul 31, 2025	datatracker.ietf.org/wg/aipref/about	Nov 30, 2025 Vocabulary draft updated	Preference signal
TDM·AI WIP Asset-level protocol for binding machine-readable TDM and AI-training preferences to digital works. More context Evidence trail Usage vocabulary updated Nov 03, 2025 Data types Multimodal Uses IETF AI Preferences (AIPref)	tdmai.org	Nov 03, 2025 Usage vocabulary updated	Preference signal Also uses New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune
TK Labels Live Local Contexts labels that let Indigenous communities express culturally specific conditions for access and reuse of knowledge and data.	localcontexts.org/labels/traditional-knowledge-labels	Sep 17, 2025 Guide to using TK Labels and Notices updated	Preference signal Pipeline: Collect -> Retrieve -> Train
DIY robots handling (robots.txt++) Live robots.txt can be used to express AI crawler access preferences. See example from OpenAI. Additionally, the X-Robots-Tag response header allows servers to send crawler directives via HTTP response headers. More context Evidence trail OpenAI bots documentation Sep 16, 2025 Data types Web content	platform.openai.com/docs/bots	Sep 16, 2025 OpenAI bots documentation	Preference signal
Spawning Do Not Train Registry WIP Registry and opt-out workflow for marking works that should not be used in future AI training datasets. More context Evidence trail Face Reveal launched for Have I Been Trained Sep 14, 2025 Project status update published Aug 27, 2025 Data types Images	haveibeentrained.com	Sep 14, 2025 Face Reveal launched for Have I Been Trained	Preference signal Also uses New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train
Adobe Content Authenticity Live Content Credentials-based preference system for signaling that generative AI should not train on or use a creator's files. More context Evidence trail Generative AI training and usage preference documentation Sep 01, 2025 Public beta launch for Adobe Content Authenticity Apr 23, 2025 Data types ImagesVideo	helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/apps/adobe-content-authenticity/generative-ai-training-preferences.html	Sep 01, 2025 Generative AI training and usage preference documentation	Preference signal Pipeline: Train -> Generate
Spawning ai.txt WIP A proposed convention for AI-specific crawler directives via an `ai.txt` file. More context Evidence trail Improved crawler-control post published Aug 27, 2025 User guide post Mar 23, 2024 Data types Web content	site.spawning.ai/spawning-ai-txt	Aug 27, 2025 Improved crawler-control post published	Preference signal
Creative Commons Preference Signals WIP Proposed signals for communicating reuse preferences to AI and web agents.	github.com/creativecommons/cc-signals	Aug 26, 2025 Response to feedback	Preference signal
User Intents WIP Proposed AT Protocol mechanism for users to declare data-reuse preferences such as generative-AI training. More context Evidence trail Proposal discussion opened Mar 07, 2025 Uses IETF AI Preferences (AIPref)	demo.user-intents.org	Mar 07, 2025 Proposal discussion opened	Preference signal Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Retrieve
IPTC + PLUS Data Mining Metadata Live Embedded image and video metadata fields for expressing whether assets may be used in data-mining and generative-AI training datasets. More context Evidence trail IPTC and PLUS explain metadata stance on GenAI training Feb 19, 2025 Data types ImagesVideo	pluscoalition.org/about-ai-and-ml-image-rights-standards	Feb 19, 2025 IPTC and PLUS explain metadata stance on GenAI training	Preference signal Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune
TDMRep (W3C) Live W3C specification for expressing text and data mining permissions via a well-known JSON file, designed for EU DSM Directive compliance. More context Evidence trail Version 3 final report listed Aug 08, 2024 Data types Web content	w3.org/community/tdmrep	Aug 08, 2024 Version 3 final report listed	Preference signal Also uses Formal license
NoML WIP Proposal to add a `noml` directive so content can stay searchable but not be used for machine learning. More context Evidence trail Project featured in scholarly article on search and AI opt-out May 28, 2024 Data types Web content	noml.info	May 28, 2024 Project featured in scholarly article on search and AI opt-out	Preference signal Pipeline: Collect -> Train
DeviantArt NoAI / NoImageAI Live Platform-level HTML and HTTP directives that tell external AI datasets and models not to use artists' work unless they opt in. More context Evidence trail NoAI labels added to DeviantArt Studio Apr 16, 2024 DeviantArt rolls out default opt-out and publishes noai/noimageai directives Nov 10, 2022 Data types Images	deviantart.com/team/journal/UPDATE-All-Deviations-Are-OptedOut-of-AI-Datasets-934500371	Apr 16, 2024 NoAI labels added to DeviantArt Studio	Preference signal Pipeline: Collect -> Train

Primary approach type

Formal license

Formal legal terms or license language that grant, restrict, or condition AI-related reuse of content, datasets, or model inputs.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
Really Simple Licensing (RSL) Live A machine-readable licensing schema for clearly signaling reuse permissions and conditions (including payment or use restriction). More context Evidence trail Technical standards released Dec 09, 2025 Fastly partnership announced Sep 09, 2025 TechCrunch launch coverage Aug 13, 2024 Data types Web content Signals Users 1,500+ organizations Data billions of web pages	rslstandard.org	Dec 09, 2025 Technical standards released	Formal license Also uses Preference signal
copyright.sh Live Machine-readable licensing layer that lets websites declare AI usage terms and pricing. More context Evidence trail WordPress plugin launched Oct 27, 2025 Data types Web content	copyright.sh	Oct 27, 2025 WordPress plugin launched	Formal license
AI-Ready Licenses WIP Research-backed proposal for modular standard data licenses tailored to AI data sharing.	mlcommons.org/2025/03/unlocking-data-collab	Mar 16, 2025 Research findings published	Formal license Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune -> Retrieve

Primary approach type

Licensing collective

Shared bargaining, aggregation, or rights-management structures that let many publishers or creators negotiate AI access together.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
ProRata / Gist Live A 50/50 revenue-share platform connecting publishers with AI companies, with 700+ publishers signed up including major news outlets. More context Evidence trail Gist Answers launched Sep 04, 2025 500+ publication milestone announced Jun 05, 2025 Gist.ai announced Dec 08, 2024 Data types Text Signals Users 700+ publishers	prorata.ai	Sep 04, 2025 Gist Answers launched	Licensing collective Also uses Marketplace / Tollgate
Publishers' Rights Organization Live Coalition pursuing licensing, compensation, and enforcement for publisher content used by AI systems. More context Evidence trail Coalition overview published Jan 20, 2025 Data types Text	publishersrights.org	Jan 20, 2025 Coalition overview published	Licensing collective Pipeline: Train -> Retrieve
Dataset Providers Alliance (DPA) Live Trade alliance of dataset licensors pushing for legal clarity, ethical sourcing, and scalable licensing markets for AI training data. More context Evidence trail DPA welcomed five new members Dec 09, 2024 Position paper on AI data licensing released Sep 03, 2024 Alliance launch announced Jun 25, 2024 Signals Users 12 announced members	thedpa.ai	Dec 09, 2024 DPA welcomed five new members	Licensing collective

Primary approach type

Marketplace

Commercial platforms or brokers that package, list, or sell access to datasets, content libraries, or licensing opportunities for AI use.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace Live Paid marketplace routing premium publisher content into Microsoft Copilot, MSN, and Discover experiences. More context Evidence trail Publisher Content Marketplace announced with seven launch publishers Feb 05, 2026 Data types Text Signals Users 7 launch publisher partners	about.ads.microsoft.com/en/blog/post/february-2026/introducing-the-microsoft-publisher-content-marketplace	Feb 05, 2026 Publisher Content Marketplace announced with seven launch publishers	Marketplace Pipeline: Retrieve -> Generate
Defined.ai Live Marketplace for ethically sourced, annotated datasets used to train and fine-tune AI systems. More context Evidence trail 2025 marketplace growth review published Jan 26, 2026 Data types Multimodal Signals Payments several partners generate $1M+/year	defined.ai	Jan 26, 2026 2025 marketplace growth review published	Marketplace Pipeline: Train -> Fine-tune
Human Native Live AI data marketplace for licensed multimedia datasets, now being integrated into Cloudflare's AI crawl and content-access stack. More context Evidence trail Cloudflare acquisition and integration announcement Jan 14, 2026 Seed funding post describes Human Native's fair AI data marketplace Jun 02, 2024 Data types Multimodal	humannative.ai	Jan 14, 2026 Cloudflare acquisition and integration announcement	Marketplace Also uses New infrastructure Pipeline: Train
Protege Live AI training data platform for compliant exchange of proprietary, real-world datasets across sectors. More context Evidence trail Series A extension cites hundreds of data partners and cross-vertical growth Jan 06, 2026 Seed launch of the AI training data platform Sep 09, 2024 Data types Multimodal Signals Users hundreds of organizations	withprotege.ai	Jan 06, 2026 Series A extension cites hundreds of data partners and cross-vertical growth	Marketplace Also uses New infrastructure Pipeline: Train -> Fine-tune
Bria Artist Program / Licensed Training Catalog Live Contributor compensation and licensed visual training-data program tied to Bria's commercially safe generative AI stack. More context Evidence trail Platform release highlights rights-clear models Sep 17, 2025 Licensed training catalog published Apr 29, 2025 Data types Images Signals Users 30+ data partners	bria.ai/artist-program	Sep 17, 2025 Platform release highlights rights-clear models	Marketplace Pipeline: Train
Dappier Live Rights-cleared content marketplace and monetization layer for RAG, assistants, and other AI applications. More context Evidence trail Licensing program launch announced Aug 17, 2025 DPA welcomed Dappier as a member Dec 09, 2024 Data types Text	dappier.com/marketplace	Aug 17, 2025 Licensing program launch announced	Marketplace Also uses Tollgate Pipeline: Retrieve -> Generate
SourceAudio AI Dataset Licensing Live Opt-in music dataset licensing program that pays rights holders for AI training use of tracks and catalogs. More context Evidence trail SourceAudio outlines AI dataset licensing program scale Jun 04, 2025 Data types Music Signals Data 14M+ tracks	sourceaudio.com/why-music-ai-dataset-partnerships-matter	Jun 04, 2025 SourceAudio outlines AI dataset licensing program scale	Marketplace Pipeline: Train -> Fine-tune
Credtent Live Independent creative registry for opting out of AI use, licensing content, and certifying human-created work. More context Evidence trail Ethical AI licensing marketplace described Apr 01, 2025 Credtent proposal describes the Independent Creative Registry and ethical sourcing badges Mar 14, 2025 Data types Multimodal Signals Users thousands of creators	credtent.org	Apr 01, 2025 Ethical AI licensing marketplace described	Marketplace Also uses Certification / New infrastructure Pipeline: Train
Created by Humans Live Rights-cleared book licensing platform for AI training, reference, and transformative use. More context Evidence trail Mission article published Mar 25, 2025 Author overview documents AI Rights licensing and opt-out flows Jan 17, 2025 Data types Text Signals Users 100+ bestselling authors	createdbyhumans.ai	Mar 25, 2025 Mission article published	Marketplace Pipeline: Train -> Retrieve
Gloo AI Licensing Live Licensed-content marketplace for the faith ecosystem, seeded with a pooled guarantee for AI assistants and search experiences. More context Evidence trail Gloo launches AI Licensing with pooled guarantee Feb 19, 2025 Signals Payments $5M pooled guarantee	gloo.com/resources/news/gloo-launches-first-ai-licensing-offering-for-faith-ecosystem	Feb 19, 2025 Gloo launches AI Licensing with pooled guarantee	Marketplace Pipeline: Retrieve -> Generate
vAIsual Live Marketplace for rights-managed visual and biometric datasets tailored to AI training and evaluation. More context Evidence trail Diversity image database for better AI described Aug 13, 2024 Data types Images Signals Data 600,000+ high-quality images	vaisual.com	Aug 13, 2024 Diversity image database for better AI described	Marketplace Pipeline: Train -> Fine-tune
GCX (Global Copyright Exchange) Live Music licensing platform for rights-cleared AI training data and audio assets. More context Evidence trail GCX launched as rights-cleared music dataset for AI Mar 20, 2024 Data types Music Signals Data 79M songs / 330,000 hours of music	gcx.co	Mar 20, 2024 GCX launched as rights-cleared music dataset for AI	Marketplace Pipeline: Train -> Fine-tune

Primary approach type

Tollgate

Access layers that require payment, metering, or authenticated entry before content can be fetched, queried, or reused for AI workflows.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
TollBit Live Add subdomains to make content accessible to AI with blocking and monetization. More context Evidence trail Imperva partnership announced Dec 15, 2025 TollBit Japan launched Oct 15, 2025 State of the Bots report Sep 07, 2025 Data types Text Signals Users 4,000+ premium publishers	tollbit.com	Dec 15, 2025 Imperva partnership announced	Tollgate Also uses Marketplace
Cloudflare AI Crawl Control Live A set of tools to block or charge for scraping; includes AI Audit dashboard, managed robots.txt, and pay-per-crawl marketplace. More context Evidence trail Content Signals launched Nov 17, 2025 AI Crawl Control open beta launched Sep 10, 2025 AI Audit and marketplace features launched Jun 30, 2025 Data types Web content Signals Users 1M+ customers enabled AI bot blocking Data 1B+ 402 responses/day	blog.cloudflare.com/control-content-use-for-ai-training	Nov 17, 2025 Content Signals launched	Tollgate Also uses Technical blocking / Preference signal
Humpback WIP LLM paywall and analytics layer for publishers that want to control or monetize AI bot access. More context Data types Web content	hback.xyz	No evidence links yet	Tollgate Also uses Technical blocking

Primary approach type

Technical blocking

Technical controls that deny, rate-limit, or otherwise constrain crawling, downloading, or automated collection unless a requester meets specific conditions.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
easy-dataset-share Live A simple anti-scraping tool intended to protect datasets from basic crawlers/scrapers. More context Evidence trail easy-dataset-share paper published Jan 08, 2026 Project launch post published Sep 12, 2025 Uses Cloudflare AI Crawl Control	github.com/Responsible-Dataset-Sharing/easy-dataset-share	Jan 08, 2026 easy-dataset-share paper published	Technical blocking Pipeline: Collect
Hugging Face Gated Datasets Live Hub feature that requires users to request access and share identity details before downloading a dataset.	huggingface.co/docs/hub/datasets-gated	Sep 29, 2022 Gated datasets launch explained	Technical blocking Also uses New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune

Primary approach type

New infrastructure

New registries, protocols, hosting patterns, or coordination layers that make governed data access, compliance, or contribution easier to operate.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
IETF Web Bot Auth WIP Working group standardizing cryptographic authentication for bots and AI agents on the web. More context Evidence trail Use cases draft published Jan 17, 2026 Charter approved Oct 22, 2025 Data types Web content	datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/about	Jan 17, 2026 Use cases draft published	New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Retrieve
Wikimedia Enterprise Live Enterprise-grade APIs and structured dumps for Wikipedia and sister projects, designed for large-scale reuse in AI, search, and knowledge graphs. More context Evidence trail New enterprise partners announced Jan 14, 2026 Data types TextStructured data Signals Users 10+ announced partners Data 920+ datasets / 300M+ unique project pages	enterprise.wikimedia.com	Jan 14, 2026 New enterprise partners announced	New infrastructure Pipeline: Retrieve -> Train
European Books Data Commons WIP Proposal for a commons-based infrastructure for large-scale access to digitized European books with conditional commercial access. More context Evidence trail Outline paper published Nov 19, 2025 Data types Text	openfuture.eu/publication/outline-for-a-european-books-data-commons	Nov 19, 2025 Outline paper published	New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train
SyftBox Live Open-source protocol for privacy-preserving AI and analytics across distributed datasets without centralizing the underlying data.	openmined.org/syftbox	Nov 11, 2025 syft-flwr release demonstrates active federated learning workflows on SyftBox	New infrastructure Pipeline: Train -> Retrieve
CommonsDB Live Registry for public-domain and openly licensed works using verifiable rights declarations and content-derived identifiers. More context Evidence trail Explorer launched Oct 30, 2025 Signals Data 200,000+ declarations	commonsdb.org	Oct 30, 2025 Explorer launched	New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Retrieve
Attribution-based control WIP Approach from OpenMined	openmined.org/attribution-based-control	Oct 05, 2025 OpenMined explains attribution-based control	New infrastructure
FlexOlmo WIP Distributed language-model training approach that lets data owners contribute experts without sharing raw data or giving up opt-out control. More context Evidence trail Ai2 introduces FlexOlmo and invites organizations with sensitive data to participate Jul 08, 2025 Data types Text	allenai.org/blog/flexolmo	Jul 08, 2025 Ai2 introduces FlexOlmo and invites organizations with sensitive data to participate	New infrastructure Pipeline: Train
Social License for Data Reuse WIP Participatory governance framework for communities to define conditions for data reuse, including AI training.	blog.thegovlab.org/reimagining-data-governance-for-ai-operationalizing-social-licensing-for-data-reuse	May 12, 2025 Operationalization report released	New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune -> Retrieve
Spawning Data Diligence Live Python package and API helpers for checking whether works are opted out before model training.	github.com/Spawning-Inc/datadiligence	Oct 08, 2024 PyPI release 0.1.7 published	New infrastructure Pipeline: Collect -> Train -> Fine-tune

Primary approach type

Certification

Third-party review, badges, or verification programs that signal whether a model, company, or dataset follows stated sourcing or licensing requirements.

Initiative	Website	Latest update	Approach type
Fairly Trained Live Certify that models are fairly trained More context Evidence trail Individual model certification updated Jul 31, 2024 Five more companies received certification Mar 19, 2024 Certification launched for generative AI companies Jan 16, 2024 Signals Users 16+ announced certified entities	fairlytrained.org	Jul 31, 2024 Individual model certification updated	Certification

Primary approach type

Preference signal

Signals that express whether AI systems may crawl, train on, or reuse content, usually through metadata, headers, or other machine-readable notices.

IETF AI Preferences (AIPref)

WIP

Internet Engineering Task Force is working on a standardized preference signal for AI agents and crawlers ("building blocks that allow for the expression of preferences about how content is collected and processed for Artificial Intelligence (AI) model development, deployment, and use.")

Website: datatracker.ietf.org/wg/aipref/about
Latest update: Vocabulary draft updated Nov 30, 2025
Primary approach: Preference signal