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Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

Microsoft aims to reward publishers for content used by AI

AI-driven content sourcing blurs attribution and raises doubts about content value and provider control, especially if crawlers for search and AI are shared.
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoQ
1 month ago

Cloudflare Year in Review: AI Bots Crawl Aggressively, Post-Quantum Encryption Hits 50%, Go Doubles

Global internet traffic grew 19% in 2025; Googlebot dominated crawls, AI crawling raised crawl-to-refer ratios, post-quantum encryption and Go-based API clients increased.
Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Cloudflare has blocked 416 billion requests from AI bots in the last six months

Google's combined search and AI crawling obstructs internet progress; splitting crawlers and enforcing paid content licensing would enable fairer access and business models.
E-Commerce
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Amazon puts ChatGPT on the naughty list, blocking shopping access - what we know

Amazon is blocking several ChatGPT web crawlers in its robots.txt, preventing ChatGPT from browsing Amazon and limiting AI shopping tools.
#wikipedia-traffic
fromCNET
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

fromCNET
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

fromCNET
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google

fromCNET
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos

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Artificial intelligence
fromCNET
5 months ago

Online Media Brands Hope a New Protocol Will Stop Unwanted AI Crawlers

Major online publishers are adopting RSL licensing to block unauthorized AI scraping and require payment when AI trains on their content.
Intellectual property law
fromTheregister
5 months ago

New RSL spec wants AI crawlers to show a license or pay

Really Simple Licensing (RSL) enables websites to require RSL License Tokens and gate crawler access, enabling paid or free licenses to compensate creators when AI uses their content.
Apple
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
9 months ago

Apple Updates Applebot Documentation Explaining Applebot-Extended vs Applebot

Applebot-Extended clarification highlights its role in AI training and implications for web publishers.
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