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Cloudflare launches tool to combat AI robots

OUR TAKE Due to the booming development of artificial intelligence and the increasing demand for model training data, the problem of AI bots scraping data has become more prominent, and many websites are working to prevent AI scraping and crawling.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened Cloud service …

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OUR TAKE Due to the booming development of artificial intelligence and the increasing demand for model training data, the problem of AI bots scraping data has become more prominent, and many websites are working to prevent AI scraping and crawling.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What…

Context

OUR TAKE Due to the booming development of artificial intelligence and the increasing demand for model training data, the problem of AI bots scraping data has become more prominent, and many websites are working to prevent AI scraping and crawling. –Zora Lin, BTW reporter Cloud service provider Cloudflare has launched a free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites on its platform for AI model training data.

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Analysis

The tool was developed after analysing AI bot and crawler traffic to fine-tune an automated robot detection model that can identify bots trying to evade detection by mimicking human web browser behavior. Cloudflare has also set up a form for hosts to report suspicious AI bots and crawlers, and will continue to manually blacklist AI bots. Also read: When was the first AI robot made? Also read: Brazil orders Meta to stop training its AI on personal data

Key Points

  • Cloudflare launches a free tool to prevent artificial intelligence from scraping data from websites hosted on its platform.
  • Cloudflare’s tools effectively detect clandestine AI bots.

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Author

Zora Lin