As the large language models powering generative AI tools slurp up ever more data across the web, Cloudflare cofounder and CEO Matthew Prince said at WIRED’s Big Interview event in San Francisco on Thursday that the internet infrastructure company has blocked more than 400 billion AI bot requests for its customers since July 1.
The action comes after the company announced a Content Independence Day in July—an data-offer-url=”https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-no-ai-crawl-without-compensation/” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-no-ai-crawl-without-compensation/"}” href=”https://blog.cloudflare.com/content-independence-day-no-ai-crawl-without-compensation/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>initiative with prominent publishers and AI firms to block AI crawlers by default on content…
