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  • Cloudflare Now Blocks AI Crawlers by Default
    July 1, 2025
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    Cloudflare Now Blocks AI Crawlers by Default

    Cloudflare now defaults to blocking unauthorized AI web scraping bots, giving website owners more control and introducing a Pay Per Crawl program to monetize AI data access. The move addresses concerns over AI bots overwhelming websites and publishers' objections to uncompensated content use, wit...

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  • Publishers Strike Back: Cloudflare Makes AI Crawlers Opt-In
    July 3, 2025
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    Publishers Strike Back: Cloudflare Makes AI Crawlers Opt-In

    Cloudflare now blocks unauthorized AI web crawlers by default for new websites, shifting control to publishers frustrated with uncompensated content scraping. The company introduces automatic blocking of known AI bots and advanced detection for disguised scrapers, reversing the previous need for ...

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  • Cloudflare's Internet Shift Threatens AI Giants' Dominance
    July 3, 2025
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    Cloudflare's Internet Shift Threatens AI Giants' Dominance

    Cloudflare now automatically blocks AI web crawlers from scraping data without permission, shifting from an opt-out to an opt-in model to protect its customers. AI bots like GPTBot and ClaudeBot have overwhelmed servers with excessive requests, prompting legal and ethical debates over fair use an...

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