Cloudflare Sidesteps Copyright Issues, Blocking AI Scrapers By Default

By Emma Woollacott for Forbes
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

However, with Cloudflare used by millions of organizations around the world, the move looks like bad news for AI companies.

“This long-awaited feature by Cloudflare is a true disaster for many GenAI vendors, which may be fatal to the current business models of GenAI", said Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb and an adjunct professor of cybersecurity at Capital Technology University in Maryland.

"Most GenAI vendors will soon face a tough reality: paying a fair price for high-quality training data, while staying profitable. In view of the formidable competition emanating from China, many Western GenAI companies may simply quit the business as economically unviable.” Read Full Article

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