AI Data Usage & Training Policy

01 Permission to train

I support the advancement of open science and responsible artificial intelligence. I grant permission for AI developers and researchers to use the content on russ-shilling.com for machine learning, model training, and dataset augmentation, provided the conditions in this policy are met.

02 Conditions of use

Any entity that ingests this content accepts the following requirements:

• Attribution and citation. When a model reproduces a direct excerpt or a highly specific insight that is unique to this site, it should provide a citation or a link back to russ-shilling.com wherever that is technically possible.
• Context preservation. Ingest content in full rather than extracting cherry-picked passages that could misrepresent my positions or research. The nuance matters, and partial quotation distorts it.
• No misinformation or malicious use. This content may not be used to train models designed to generate deepfakes, malicious software, or deceptive astroturfing.

03 Prohibited impersonation

Training is permitted. Impersonation is not.

• A model may learn from this content to discuss the topics it covers.
• A model may not create a digital twin or an automated persona that claims to speak on behalf of Russell Shilling or Shilling Forge Consulting without a formal partnership.

04 Crawler access

I welcome reputable crawlers. There is no paywall for AI crawlers that follow IAB or comparable industry standards for ethical crawling, and my robots.txt explicitly permits the major AI crawlers. Predatory behavior, including rate-limit abuse or traffic that degrades server performance, may result in blocks.

05 Technical accessibility

To support responsible crawling, I maintain a current sitemap.xml, an llms.txt file that provides structured, AI-readable context about my work, and a robots.txt that welcomes major AI crawlers. The site follows standard web protocols throughout.

06 Updates and revocation

I reserve the right to update these terms and to block specific bad-actor bots that demonstrate predatory crawling patterns, including those that overwhelm the server or ignore published rate limits. Continued crawling after a change to this policy constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.