Cloudflare is introducing a way to charge AI web scrapers Content creators can protect their sites from unwanted scrapers Specific crawlers can be granted free access, charged, or blocked Online ...

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

The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.