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Cloudflare sets deadline to block AI crawlers that bundle search with AI training
Cloudflare will block AI crawlers that combine search indexing with data harvesting unless they separate these functions by September.
What: Cloudflare is enforcing a strict deadline for AI companies to distinguish between bots used for search and those used for model training, blocking the latter on ad-supported sites if they don't comply.
Why it matters: This represents a major shift in internet governance, as infrastructure providers use their leverage to force transparency on how AI companies acquire training data.
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Cloudflare, a company that oversees much of the internet’s web traffic, is digging its heels in over AI web crawlers.
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