Cloudflare will block known AI web crawlers by default to prevent unauthorized access to content. New domain owners will have the option to allow AI scrapers or use a new "Pay Per Crawl" fee system. This allows publishers to set a price for AI access to their content. Major publishers like The Associated Press and Quora support this initiative. Cloudflare has implemented AI crawler restrictions to combat the increasing reliance on AI chatbots for information retrieval instead of traditional search engines.
Cloudflare will block known AI web crawlers by default to prevent them from accessing content without permission or compensation.
The Pay Per Crawl program enables publishers to set prices for AI scrapers to access their content, ensuring permission and compensation.
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