The text introduces the Content Signals Policy, a new addition to the robots.txt protocol designed to help website operators indicate their preferences for how their content should be used after being accessed by web crawlers and bots. This policy aims to maintain open access to web content while offering creators more control over their data's use, addressing issues like unwanted data scraping and the economic disadvantages faced by content creators. The Content Signals Policy allows website owners to specify preferences using three content signals—search, ai-input, and ai-train—via a machine-readable format in their robots.txt files, enabling them to allow or disallow certain uses of their content, such as training AI models. While the policy serves as a way to express preferences, it does not act as a technical barrier against non-compliant entities, and website operators are encouraged to combine it with other security measures like WAF rules and Bot Management. Released under a CC0 License to encourage widespread adoption, the policy reflects a broader effort to establish standardized solutions that help keep the internet open while protecting content creators' rights.