A new protocol is emerging to give site owners control over how AI companies use their content, potentially integrated into robots.txt. The IETF AI Preferences Working Group is defining standardized rules for AI access and usage.
The SVCB and HTTPS resource records allow you to speed up your time-to-first-packet (by basically stuffing the Alt-Svc HTTP header / ALPN TLS extension into the DNS); let you do redirection on the zone apex without using CNAMEs; allow for simple DNS load distribution and failover; obviate HSTS and the cumbersome preloading process; and enable stronger privacy protections via Encrypted Client Hello aka ECH