Web giant Cloudflare to block AI bots from scraping content by default

In this article NET Roughly 16% of global internet traffic goes directly through Cloudflare's CDN, the firm estimated in a 2023 report. "AI crawlers have been scraping content without limits. Our goal is to put the power back in the hands of creators, while still helping AI companies innovate," said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, in a statement Tuesday. "This is about safeguarding the future of a free and vibrant Internet with a new model that works for everyone," he added. What are AI cr ...