Pay up or stop scraping: Cloudflare program charges bots for each crawl
Briefly

AI companies must collaborate with content creators to maintain the relevance and quality of their products. Cloudflare has partnered with AI firms, emphasizing the benefits of a simple interface for negotiations with creators. Ongoing contributions from creators are crucial to prevent AI systems from becoming outdated or biased. Cloudflare aims to improve content access for AI and proposes a pay-per-crawl model that could evolve into a system with dynamic pricing for publishers in the future.
Without ongoing contributions from content creators, AI systems risk becoming outdated, biased, or less reliable-ultimately diminishing user trust and the value of AI products.
A healthy, sustainable ecosystem of original content is critical for AI innovation and relevance.
In the early days, price discovery will play a key role-as creators gain data on who’s paying for what, a transparent market will emerge that reflects the true value of original content.
Cloudflare suggested that its pay-per-crawl system would evolve significantly, potentially allowing publishers to charge different rates for different paths or content types.
Read at Ars Technica
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