Google declined Ars' request to confirm whether talks were underway or if the company was open to separating its crawlers.

CEO Matthew Prince unveils powerful new tools to block AI companies from freely scraping web content, a move that could ...

Cloudflare has long been the internet’s quiet helper, speeding up websites, defending against bots, and keeping publishers online.   But its latest move is something else entirely. It now allows ...

In a recent article from the engineering team behind the Zero Trust product suite, Cloudflare explains why it chose ...

Cloudflare doesn't appear to be a party in this conflict, though. As the Lumen Database reveals, a private law firm delivered ...

In a series of pointed X posts, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince lays out a bold new policy that treats AI companies like unwelcome guests and hints that even Google might be forced to play by his ...

AI has emerged as a battleground for power—between companies, industries, and even nations. Among the most impacted are ...

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has said that Google will soon allow websites to block their content from appearing in AI Overviews and Answer Boxes without affecting their visibility in traditional ...

Salvaging content creators from the coming AI wreckage begins by forcing Google to relinquish its unfair advantage.

Google cites articles and online outlets in its AI Overviews, which are short, AI-generated responses that top many search ...

Cloudflare recently announced a new "pay-per-crawl" system aimed at pushing back against AI companies that continue to scrape the open web without paying a cent. According to ...