Cloudflare desires AI firms to pay up. The cloud infrastructure supplier, which powers round 20% of the online, is launching a brand new experiment that may let publishers cost AI companies each time their bots scrape a website. It’s known as Pay per Crawl, and it might reshape how content material is accessed and monetized on-line.
Right this moment on TechCrunch’s Fairness podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec and Max Zeff dig into Cloudflare’s massive swing, why it’s a pure subsequent step after a yr of laying groundwork for bot-blocking instruments, and whether or not the plan to take a seat on the middle of a pay-for-content protocol is genius… or simply wishful pondering.
Hearken to the complete episode to listen to extra about:
- How ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, went viral because of backlash from former prosecutor Pam Bondi. ICEBlock is now one of many most-downloaded free iPhone apps within the U.S.
- Why Figma’s S-1 submitting might set the stage for a blockbuster IPO, and what its 48% income development says about demand for design instruments.
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