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Cloudflare to block AI data-scraping bots from web pages · 1 source tracked

Cloudflare is implementing new measures to block bots that scrape ad-supported web pages for data, particularly those used for AI training. This move aims to protect content creators from unauthorized data harvesting. However, the company acknowledges that distinguishing between legitimate search engine crawlers and AI data-gathering bots can be challenging, potentially impacting the visibility of some sites in search results if they are blocked. AI

IMPACT This policy change could impact the data available for AI training and potentially affect how websites are indexed by search engines.

RANK_REASON This is a product announcement from a security company about how they will handle certain types of bots.

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Cloudflare to block AI data-scraping bots from web pages · 1 source tracked

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Cloudflare to block cynical search-and-scrape bots from ad-supported web pages

    Some crawlers gather data for both search and AI training, so when publishers block them to protect content they risk disappearning from search results ...