Day: July 2, 2025
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Cloudflare’s Move: A Setback for AI Industry Leaders
In an unexpected maneuver that has sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence (AI) community, Cloudflare—the web infrastructure and security titan—recently decided to block AI bots from scraping its protected websites unless given explicit permission. While framed as a user-privacy and unauthorized data access issue, industry observers see this as a game-changing moment that could stifle…