> Some of the bots identify themselves, but some don't. Either way, the respondents say that robots.txt directives – voluntary behavior guidelines that web publishers post for web crawlers – are not currently effective at controlling bot swarms.

Is anybody tracking the IP ranges of bots or anything similar that's reliable?

It seems like they're taking the "what are you gonna do about it" approach to this.

Edit: Yes [1]

[1] https://github.com/FabrizioCafolla/openai-crawlers-ip-ranges