New Tool Lets Websites Charge AI Bots for Scraping Data

Cloudflare has introduced a new feature that allows website owners to charge artificial intelligence (AI) bots for accessing their content. Many AI systems, like chatbots and language models, rely on information from various websites to learn and improve their abilities. However, this often involves scraping or collecting data from these sites without permission, which can be frustrating for publishers who put in a lot of effort to create their content.
With this new tool, website owners can set up a payment system for AI bots that want to use their data. This means that if an AI wants to crawl a site to gather information, it will need to pay a fee. This step could help level the playing field for content creators, ensuring they are compensated for the valuable information they provide while giving AI developers a clear way to access the data they need.