In a series of pointed X posts, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince lays out a bold new policy that treats AI companies like unwelcome guests and hints that even Google might be forced to play by his ...

As AI tools reshape how content is created and consumed, creators risk being cut out of the value chain. The current ...

Cloudflare is launching a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between publishers and AI companies.

The age of the AI scraping free-for-all may be coming to an end. At least if Cloudflare gets its way.

Google declined Ars' request to confirm whether talks were underway or if the company was open to separating its crawlers.

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 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.

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

Cloudflare, a company that powers about 20% of all web pages on the web, has announced it is now blocking AI crawlers by default. Plus, it is offering a new model to allow AI services to pay ...