---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "yibot"
kind: "ai_training"
operator: "01.AI (unconfirmed; UA claims 01.ai)"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "low"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/yibot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/yibot/"
---

# YiBot

> Claims to be 01.AI's crawler (UA 'YiBot/1.0; +https://01.ai/'); a third-party directory describes it as collecting training data. No 01.AI documentation found.

## Dossier

- Kind: AI model crawlers
- Operator: 01.AI (unconfirmed; UA claims 01.ai) (https://www.01.ai/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: YiBot
- Feeds: unknown
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. No operator documentation or verification method.
- Verification: No published method
- Labels matched in our logs: yibot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Unverified; possible training ingestion by 01.AI.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 4 requests on 1 days; first seen 2026-09-25, last seen 2026-09-25; Dormant.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://knownagents.com/agents/yibot

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md