Cloudflare Launches Free Tool to Block AI Bots with Single Click

Jul 3, 2024, 10:08 PM

Cloudflare has launched a new, free tool designed to prevent AI bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. This tool allows website owners to block AI crawlers with a single click, ensuring that their content remains protected from unauthorized use. The tool is available to all Cloudflare customers, including those on the free tier. This move is seen as a significant step in safeguarding website integrity and could reshape the AI landscape by limiting the data available for training AI models. The new feature addresses concerns about AI crawlers consuming resources such as bandwidth and CPU, and potentially reducing site traffic. The tool targets well-known AI web crawlers such as Bytespider, Amazonbot, ClaudeBot, and GPTBot. Cloudflare, a publicly-traded company, announced the launch through TechCrunch.