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Cloudflare Pushes AI Companies To Pay For Publishers' Content (nerds.xyz)

(Wednesday July 01, 2026 @05:00PM (BeauHD) from the power-to-the-publishers dept.)


[1]BrianFagioli writes:

> Cloudflare [2]announced new controls that give publishers more say over how AI companies access and use their content. Beginning September 15, new Cloudflare sites will allow traditional search indexing while [3]blocking AI training and AI agent access on ad supported pages by default . The company is also expanding its monetization efforts with a Pay-Per-Use model that aims to compensate publishers when their content contributes to AI generated answers rather than simply being crawled. Cloudflare argues that publishers should not have to choose between being discoverable online and giving away their work for free to AI systems.



[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli

[2] https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-ai-options/

[3] https://nerds.xyz/2026/07/cloudflare-ai-content-crawlers-publishers/


Annoying as F (Score:2)

by SuperDre ( 982372 )

These days Cloudfare is one of those brands that really annoy me as f. They make our internet experience even worse these days, just below the cookiewall....

Re: Annoying as F (Score:2)

by fluffernutter ( 1411889 )

I had heard of CloudFlare but didn't have a use for it until my Internet provider blocked web traffic into my house. How else do I get around it?

So long, Cloudflare. We won't miss you. (Score:2)

by nightflameauto ( 6607976 )

The AI companies have decided that they are the arbiters, the owners, the collectors, and the disseminators, of all human knowledge. If it exists, they have a right to it. And *NO ONE* is allowed to stand in the way of that.

Something tells me Cloudflare is not going to be strong enough to stand up to the tremendous amount of clout these tech companies have managed to garner through pure hype-cycle bullshittery in the past few years. Which means it's time for a new web security company to spring up with the

But but but but but... (Score:1)

by NoOnesMessiah ( 442788 )

The ENTIRE AI ECOSYSTEM is FOUNDED on MASSIVE COPYRIGHT THEFT AND FRAUD! How dare they?!? (That was satire for the humor-impared.)

And this is yet another example of why data sovereignty is so important for Europe, Australia, Japan, and pretty much the rest of the world. Even CloudFlare knows the AI leader-wannabees are less than reputable, less than honorable, and not worth trusting.

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