Cloudflare Launches AI Crawler Blocking and “Pay Per Crawl” Model

Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE:NET) is one of the best NYSE stocks to buy for long term investment. On July 1, Cloudflare launched a significant AI Crawler Blocking feature, which gives website owners greater control over how AI models access their content. The initiative, together with the introduction of Cloudflare Log Explorer, aims to support content security.

Starting from July 1, every new web domain that signs up for Cloudflare will be prompted to choose whether to allow or block AI crawlers by default. This gives website owners the power to prevent AI bots from scraping data from their sites. Cloudflare also introduced a new “pay per crawl” model, which allows publishers to charge AI crawlers for content access.

Cloudflare Launches AI Crawler Blocking and "Pay Per Crawl" Model

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AI crawlers are automated bots designed to extract vast amounts of data from websites and other sources to train LLMs developed by big tech companies. The new default blocking builds upon a tool Cloudflare introduced in September last year, which allowed publishers to block AI crawlers with a single click. Additionally, Cloudflare has made its Log Explorer tool generally available as of June 18. The tool provides businesses with access to security and performance insights by allowing them to analyze, investigate, and monitor logs directly within the Cloudflare Dashboard.

Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE:NET) is a cloud services provider that delivers a range of services to businesses.

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