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Cloudflare updates robots.txt to let sites block AI scraping while allowing search indexing and charging for crawls.
Cloudflare has updated the robots.txt protocol with new AI controls, allowing website owners to block AI scraping for training while still permitting search indexing and enabling pay-per-crawl fees.
The Content Signals Policy introduces directives like “noai” and monetization options, aiming to give publishers more control over how their content is used.
While the tools are free for Cloudflare customers and include enhanced monitoring, skepticism remains over voluntary compliance, as many AI bots ignore robots.txt.
Critics stress the need for enforceable legal standards, warning that self-regulation alone won’t protect creators from unauthorized data use.
Cloudflare actualiza robots.txt para permitir que los sitios bloqueen el scraping de IA mientras permiten la indexación de búsquedas y cobran por rastreos.