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The delivery network through whose servers about a fifth of all internet traffic passes is blocking AI web crawlers ...
Cloudflare recently announced a new "pay-per-crawl" system aimed at pushing back against AI companies that continue to scrape ...
In a series of pointed X posts, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince lays out a bold new policy that treats AI companies like ...
Google declined Ars' request to confirm whether talks were underway or if the company was open to separating its crawlers.
Cloudflare, which powers many of the world’s most prominent websites, made waves last week by introducing a default setting ...
Cloudflare urges Google to let publishers block AI Overviews without affecting search rankings or SEO performance.
Google challenges Cloudflare’s anti-scraping tech; are dupes plagiarism?; web traffic is careening off a cliff.
As AI threatens traditional publishing business models, Cloudflare proposes a solution that could ensure content creators get paid when AI crawlers ingest their work—and potentially revolutionize how ...
Cloudflare’s new model is an attempt to put the control of online content back into the hands of its original creators and owners. It follows a similar attempt by Creative Commons, which recently ...
In a brave step, Cloudflare has blocked AI crawlers by default to safeguard publishers. This is all you need to know.
Starting from July 1, every new web domain that signs up for Cloudflare will be prompted to choose whether to allow or block ...
In a landmark move that could reshape the relationship between content creators and artificial intelligence companies, ...