Cloudflare reshapes the AI landscape by blocking Big Tech AI bot crawlers by default, allowing websites to demand payment for content access.

Cloudflare also introduced a new “pay per crawl” model, which allows publishers to charge AI crawlers for content access. A close-up of a server array powering a cloud-services system.

Internet firm Cloudflare has started blocking AI web crawlers to prevent them from "accessing content without permission or compensation," by default according to an announcement on Tuesday.

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 ...

Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE:NET) is one of the best NYSE stocks to buy for long term investment. On July 1, Cloudflare launched a significant AI Crawler Blocking feature, which gives website owners ...

Cloudflare proposes an alternative interpretation of that role that's less self-serving: to help protect online publishers from the predation of AI firms.

Cloudflare’s new pay per crawl system for site owners and content creators is currently in a private beta.

Now millions more will have the option of keeping bot blocking as their default. Cloudflare also says it can identify even “shadow” scrapers that are not publicized by AI companies.

Cloudflare pushes Google to separate bots for AI Overviews and search indexing.

Cloudflare has announced that it will now block AI web crawlers by default for new customers. It’s also introducing a new “Pay Per Crawl” fee that will let some publishers make AI companies ...

Cloudflare (NET) will block AI crawlers accessing content without permission or compensation, by default.

Cloudflare’s Pay-Per-Crawl is a clever idea. It’s the first genuine attempt to attach a meter to data before it gets ...