ET Explainer: Cloudflare’s new tool aims to block AI bots from scraping website content

Content delivery network and cloud security platform Cloudflare last week launched a new tool to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) bots that crawl websites and scrape their content indiscriminately. It comes at a time when content publishers are increasingly anxious about their unique works being turned into fodder for AI models.

Here’s a closer look at the tool and why it matters.