Cloudflare, a company that runs 20% of the web, just flipped a switch that could end the open internet as we know it, forcing AI companies to pay for the content they’ve been taking for free.

Starting Tuesday, every new web domain that signs up to Cloudflare will be given the option to allow — or block — AI crawlers.

Cloudflare, one of the world’s largest internet infrastructure providers, has begun blocking AI web crawlers by default unless they receive direct permission from site owners. This new policy changes ...

Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it.

‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI.

People are replacing Google search with artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, a major shift that has unleashed a new kind of bot loose on the web. To offer users a tidy AI summary instead of ...

Previously, S&P only had data on about 2 million SMEs, but its AI-powered RiskGauge platform expanded that to 10 million.

Web-scraping AI bots cause disruption for scientific databases and journals Automated programs gathering training data for artificial-intelligence tools are overwhelming academic websites.

Learn how Cursor AI's MCPs capture a website's essence, using vibe scraping transforming creativity and functionality in digital projects.

Microsoft has announced Copilot Actions, which will be able to browse the web for you. It performs tasks like booking tickets, making reservations, and even purchasing items. It can also look up the ...